Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
Nationwide Implementation of Double Reflex Testing for Hepatitis Delta in Spain: Results From the Retrospective Phase of the Spain-DDR Study.
Ana Alberola, Adolfo de Salazar, Ana Fuentes, Raquel Carracedo, Marta Illescas-López, María Del Carmen Rodríguez Baños, Carolina Freyre, Berta Becerril, Isabel Viciana, Inmaculada López-Rodríguez, Natalia Montiel, Ana María Domínguez Castaño, María Pilar Luzón-García, Encarnación Ramírez Arellano, Carmen Liébana-Martos
Published: 202610.1111/apt.70543
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis delta virus accelerates liver disease progression in chronic hepatitis B, yet remains underdiagnosed. Guidelines recommend double reflex diagnostic testing with antibody testing followed by viral load testing, but uptake remains…
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