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Bettina E. Hansen

Bettina E. Hansen

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Medicine

D-Index
103
Citations
37819
World Ranking
7387
National Ranking
284

Overview

Bettina E. Hansen is affiliated with the University Health Network in Canada. Their research contributions fall primarily within the broad field of Medicine, encompassing over 600 publications. Key subfields of study include Epidemiology, Hepatology, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Oncology.

Their research covers several main topics, notably:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Liver Diseases and Immunity
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
  • Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation

Recent significant papers authored or coauthored by Bettina E. Hansen include:

  • Peginterferon lambda for the treatment of outpatients with COVID-19: a phase 2, placebo-controlled randomised trial (2021, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine)
  • Time-varying intensity of mechanical ventilation and mortality in patients with acute respiratory failure: a registry-based, prospective cohort study (2020, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine)
  • Off-Therapy Response After Nucleos(t)ide Analogue Withdrawal in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis B: An International, Multicenter, Multiethnic Cohort (RETRACT-B Study) (2021, Gastroenterology)
  • Early Treatment with Pegylated Interferon Lambda for Covid-19 (2023, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • Goals of Treatment for Improved Survival in Primary Biliary Cholangitis: Treatment Target Should Be Bilirubin Within the Normal Range and Normalization of Alkaline Phosphatase (2020, The American Journal of Gastroenterology)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Bettina E. Hansen are:

  • Harry L.A. Janssen
  • Gideon M. Hirschfield
  • Jordan J. Feld
  • Aliya Gulamhusein
  • Milan J. Sonneveld

The publications have appeared most frequently in the following venues:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
  • Journal of Viral Hepatitis
  • Hepatology
  • Gastroenterology

Best Publications

  • Association between sustained virological response and all-cause mortality among patients with chronic hepatitis C and advanced hepatic fibrosis.

    Adriaan J. van der Meer;Bart J. Veldt;Jordan J. Feld;Heiner Wedemeyer

  • Pegylated interferon alfa-2b alone or in combination with lamivudine for HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B: a randomised trial

    Harry L A Janssen;Monika van Zonneveld;Hakan Senturk;Stefan Zeuzem

  • A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Obeticholic Acid in Primary Biliary Cholangitis

    F. Nevens;P. Andreone;G. Mazzella;S. I. Strasser

  • Sustained Virologic Response and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C and Advanced Fibrosis

    Bart J Veldt;E Jenny Heathcote;Heiner Wedemeyer;Juerg Reichen

  • Levels of alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin are surrogate end points of outcomes of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis: An international follow-up study

    Willem J. Lammers;Henk R. van Buuren;Gideon M. Hirschfield;Harry L.A. Janssen

  • Risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B: Assessment and modification with current antiviral therapy

    George V. Papatheodoridis;Henry Lik Yuen Chan;Bettina E. Hansen;Harry L A Janssen;Harry L A Janssen

  • PAGE-B predicts the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma in Caucasians with chronic hepatitis B on 5-year antiviral therapy

    George Papatheodoridis;George Dalekos;Vana Sypsa;Cihan Yurdaydin

  • Sustained HBeAg and HBsAg Loss After Long-term Follow-up of HBeAg-Positive Patients Treated With Peginterferon α-2b

    Erik H.C.J. Buster;Hajo J. Flink;Yilmaz Cakaloglu;Krzysztof Simon

  • Improved Prognosis of Patients With Primary Biliary Cirrhosis That Have a Biochemical Response to Ursodeoxycholic Acid

    Edith M.M. Kuiper;Bettina E. Hansen;Richard A. de Vries;Jannie W. den Ouden–Muller

  • Factors that predict response of patients with hepatitis B e antigen-positive chronic hepatitis B to peginterferon-alfa.

    Erik H.C.J. Buster;Bettina E. Hansen;George K.K. Lau;Teerha Piratvisuth

  • Long-term follow-up of alpha-interferon treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis B

    Monika van Zonneveld;Pieter Honkoop;Bettina E. Hansen;Hubertus G.M. Niesters

  • Patient Age, Sex, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Phenotype Associate With Course of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

    Tobias J. Weismüller;Tobias J. Weismüller;Palak J. Trivedi;Annika Bergquist;Mohamad Imam;Mohamad Imam

  • Development and Validation of a Scoring System to Predict Outcomes of Patients With Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Receiving Ursodeoxycholic Acid Therapy

    Willem J. Lammers;Gideon M. Hirschfield;Christophe Corpechot;Frederik Nevens

  • Prediction of sustained response to peginterferon alfa-2b for hepatitis B e antigen-positive chronic hepatitis B using on-treatment hepatitis B surface antigen decline.

    Milan J. Sonneveld;Vincent Rijckborst;Charles A. B. Boucher;Bettina E. Hansen

  • Determinants of survival and the effect of portosystemic shunting in patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome

    Sarwa Darwish Murad;Dominique Charles Valla;Piet C. De Groen;Guy Zeitoun

  • Extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis: aetiology and determinants of survival

    H L A Janssen;A Wijnhoud;E B Haagsma;S H M van Uum

  • Treatment with Peg-interferon alpha-2b for HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B: HBsAg loss is associated with HBV genotype.

    Hajo J. Flink;Monika Van Zonneveld;Bettina E. Hansen;Robert A. De Man

  • Increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma among patients with hepatitis C cirrhosis and diabetes mellitus.

    Bart J. Veldt;Wendong Chen;E. Jenny Heathcote;Heiner Wedemeyer

  • Early On-Treatment Prediction of Response to Peginterferon Alfa-2a for HBeAg-Negative Chronic Hepatitis B Using HBsAg and HBV DNA Levels

    Vincent Rijckborst;Bettina E. Hansen;Yilmaz Cakaloglu;Peter Ferenci

  • Comparison of echocardiographic methods with magnetic resonance imaging for assessment of right ventricular function in children.

    Willem A. Helbing;Hans G. Bosch;Chris Maliepaard;Sidney A. Rebergen

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry L.A. Janssen
Harry L.A. Janssen Erasmus University Rotterdam
Gideon M. Hirschfield
Gideon M. Hirschfield University Health Network
Albert Parés
Albert Parés University of Barcelona
Solko W. Schalm
Solko W. Schalm Erasmus University Rotterdam
Keith D. Lindor
Keith D. Lindor Arizona State University
Ernst J. Kuipers
Ernst J. Kuipers Nanyang Technological University
Cyriel Y. Ponsioen
Cyriel Y. Ponsioen University of Amsterdam
Stefan Zeuzem
Stefan Zeuzem Goethe University Frankfurt
Kris V. Kowdley
Kris V. Kowdley Washington State University

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