Observational Study
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World J Clin Cases. Dec 26, 2020; 8(24): 6306-6314
Published online Dec 26, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i24.6306
Early renal injury indicators can help evaluate renal injury in patients with chronic hepatitis B with long-term nucleos(t)ide therapy
Tong-Tong Ji, Ning Tan, Hai-Ying Lu, Xiao-Yuan Xu, Yan-Yan Yu
Tong-Tong Ji, Ning Tan, Hai-Ying Lu, Xiao-Yuan Xu, Yan-Yan Yu, Department of Infectious Diseases, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
Author contributions: Ji TT acquired the data and wrote the manuscript; Tan N analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; Lu HY designed the research and reviewed and approved the final manuscript; Xu XY and Yu YY instructed the research.
Supported by the National 12th Five-Year Plan for Science and Technology, No. 2018ZX10725-506.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Peking University First Hospital in 2018 (Research No. 264).
Informed consent statement: Patients who were enrolled in the work provided written informed consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There are no conflicts of interest to report.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
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Corresponding author: Hai-Ying Lu, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Peking University First Hospital, No. 8 Xishiku Road, Xicheng District, Beijing 100034, China. luhaiying00@126.com
Received: September 23, 2020
Peer-review started: September 23, 2020
First decision: September 29, 2020
Revised: October 6, 2020
Accepted: November 2, 2020
Article in press: November 2, 2020
Published online: December 26, 2020
Core Tip

Core Tip: Early renal injury indicators had higher sensitivity and could be used to screen early renal injury in patients with chronic hepatitis B with long-term nucleos(t)ide analog therapy.