• Significance of serum HBV RNA in non-cirrhotic HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B patients who discontinue effective antiviral therapy 

      Papatheodoridi M., Papachristou E., Moschidis Z., Hadziyannis E., Rigopoulou E., Zachou K., Villeret F., Magiorkinis G., Lyberopoulou A., Gatselis N., Vlachogiannakos I., Manolakopoulos S., Dalekos G.N., Zoulim F., Paraskevis D., Papatheodoridis G.V. (2022)
      HBV RNA is considered as a promising predictor in patients who discontinue nucleos(t)ide analogues (NAs). We determined HBV RNA levels in non-cirrhotic HBeAg-negative patients who discontinued NAs and assessed their ...
    • Similar risk of hepatocellular carcinoma during long-term entecavir or tenofovir therapy in Caucasian patients with chronic hepatitis B 

      Papatheodoridis G.V., Dalekos G.N., Idilman R., Sypsa V., Van Boemmel F., Buti M., Calleja J.L., Goulis J., Manolakopoulos S., Loglio A., Papatheodoridi M., Gatselis N., Veelken R., Lopez-Gomez M., Hansen B.E., Savvidou S., Kourikou A., Vlachogiannakos J., Galanis K., Yurdaydin C., Esteban R., Janssen H.L.A., Berg T., Lampertico P. (2020)
      Background & Aims: A recent study in Asian patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) reported that the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was lower in patients treated with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) than ...
    • The state of hepatitis B and C in the mediterranean and balkan countries: Report from a summit conference 

      Hatzakis, A.; Van Damme, P.; Alcorn, K.; Gore, C.; Benazzouz, M.; Berkane, S.; Buti, M.; Carballo, M.; Cortes Martins, H.; Deuffic-Burban, S.; Dominguez, A.; Donoghoe, M.; Elzouki, A. N.; Ben-Alaya Bouafif, N.; Esmat, G.; Esteban, R.; Fabri, M.; Fenton, K.; Goldberg, D.; Goulis, I.; Hadjichristodoulou, T.; Hatzigeorgiou, T.; Hamouda, O.; Hasurdjiev, S.; Hughes, S.; Kautz, A.; Malik, M.; Manolakopoulos, S.; Matičič, M.; Papatheodoridis, G.; Peck, R.; Peterle, A.; Potamitis, G.; Prati, D.; Roudot-Thoraval, F.; Reic, T.; Sharara, A.; Shennak, M.; Shiha, G.; Shouval, D.; Sočan, M.; Thomas, H.; Thursz, M.; Tosti, M.; Trépo, C.; Vince, A.; Vounou, E.; Wiessing, L.; Manns, M. (2013)
      The burden of disease due to chronic viral hepatitis constitutes a global threat. In many Balkan and Mediterranean countries, the disease burden due to viral hepatitis remains largely unrecognized, including in high-risk ...
    • Total antioxidant status and erythrocyte superoxide dismutase activity in patients with chronic hepatitis B and C 

      Moulas, A. N.; Noulas, A.; Makri, E.; Papadamou, G.; Bonanou-Tzedaki, S.; Dalekos, G. N. (2004)
      Damage of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected hepatocytes is mediated by both a direct cytopathic effect of the viruses and by immunologic response of T-cells. However, other mechanisms such as ...