The clinical significance of quantitative detection of HBV DNA in the chronic infected patients / 中华检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

In recent years,antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis B infected patients has achieved great development along with the invention of nucleos (t) ide,nucleos (t) ide analogues,interferon α and pegylated interferon α.The development of antiviral medicine also proposes new demands for the clinical diagnosis and therefore promotes the development of laboratory diagnostic techniques in the detection of chronic hepatitis B.In this review,we focused on the clinical application in the quantitive detection of HBV DNA,and its significance on clinical evaluation,treatment options,follow-up and prognosis in antiviral therapy.