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Overview

Man-Fung Yuen is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and specializes in the field of Medicine with a substantial focus on Hepatology and related subfields. Their research predominantly revolves around liver diseases, particularly chronic hepatitis B and hepatocellular carcinoma.

Their recent publications cover significant topics in liver disease diagnosis, treatment, and virology. Notable papers include:

  • Efficacy and Safety of Bepirovirsen in Chronic Hepatitis B Infection (2022, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • Occult hepatitis B infection and hepatocellular carcinoma: Epidemiology, virology, hepatocarcinogenesis and clinical significance (2020, Journal of Hepatology)
  • 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)
  • A roadmap for serum biomarkers for hepatitis B virus: current status and future outlook (2022, Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology)
  • Safety, tolerability and antiviral activity of the antisense oligonucleotide bepirovirsen in patients with chronic hepatitis B: a phase 2 randomized controlled trial (2021, Nature Medicine)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Man-Fung Yuen include:

  • Lung-Yi Mak
  • Wai-Kay Seto
  • Rex Wan-Hin Hui
  • Ka Shing Cheung
  • Edward Gane

Their work has been published extensively in various scientific venues, with a heavy concentration in:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Hepatology International
  • Clinical and Molecular Hepatology
  • Hepatology

Man-Fung Yuen's primary areas of study include Medicine, with specialization in subfields such as:

  • Epidemiology
  • Hepatology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Oncology

Research topics commonly addressed by this scientist focus on:

  • Hepatitis B Virus Studies
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Hepatitis C virus research
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology
  • Liver Disease and Transplantation
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Best Publications

  • Asian-Pacific clinical practice guidelines on the management of hepatitis B: a 2015 update.

    S. K. Sarin;M. Kumar;G. K. Lau;Z. Abbas

  • Global prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus infection in 2015: a modelling study

    Sarah Blach;Stefan Zeuzem;Michael Manns;Ibrahim Altraif

  • Viral hepatitis B

    Ching Lung Lai;Vlad Ratziu;Man-Fung Yuen;Thierry Poynard

  • Global prevalence, treatment, and prevention of hepatitis B virus infection in 2016: a modelling study

    Devin Razavi-Shearer;Ivane Gamkrelidze;Mindie H Nguyen;Ding-Shinn Chen

  • Acute-on-chronic liver failure: consensus recommendations of the Asian Pacific Association for the study of the liver (APASL)

    Shiv Kumar Sarin;Ashish Kumar;John A. Almeida;Yogesh Kumar Chawla

  • Viral hepatitis C

    Thierry Poynard;Man-Fung Yuen;Vlad Ratzin;Ching Lung Lai

  • Hepatitis B virus infection

    Man-Fung Yuen;Ding-Shinn Chen;Ding-Shinn Chen;Geoffrey M. Dusheiko;Harry L. A. Janssen

  • Lansoprazole for the prevention of recurrences of ulcer complications from long-term low-dose aspirin use

    Kam Chuen Lai;Shiu Kum Lam;Kent Man Chu;Benjamin C Y Wong

  • Independent risk factors and predictive score for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B

    Man-Fung Yuen;Yasuhito Tanaka;Daniel Yee-Tak Fong;James Fung

  • Risk estimation for hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B (REACH-B): development and validation of a predictive score

    Hwai I. Yang;Hwai I. Yang;Man Fung Yuen;Henry Lik Yuen Chan;Kwang Hyub Han

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma in the Asia Pacific region.

    Man-Fung Yuen;Jin-Lin Hou;Anuchit Chutaputti

  • Chronic hepatitis B virus infection.

    Wai-Kay Seto;Ying-Ru Lo;Jean-Michel Pawlotsky;Man-Fung Yuen

  • Factors associated with hepatitis B virus DNA breakthrough in patients receiving prolonged lamivudine therapy.

    Man Fung Yuen;Erwin Sablon;Chee Kin Hui;He Jun Yuan

  • Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Asia-Pacific Region.

    Ran Xu Zhu;Wai Kay Seto;Ching Lung Lai;Man Fung Yuen

  • Update of the statements on biology and clinical impact of occult hepatitis B virus infection

    Giovanni Raimondo;Stephen Locarnini;Teresa Pollicino;Massimo Levrero

  • RNAi-based treatment of chronically infected patients and chimpanzees reveals that integrated hepatitis B virus DNA is a source of HBsAg

    Christine I. Wooddell;Man Fung Yuen;Henry Lik Yuen Chan;Robert G. Gish

  • Early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma increases the chance of treatment: Hong Kong experience.

    Man-Fung Yuen;Chi-Chung Cheng;I. J. Lauder;Shui-Kam Lam

  • Prognostic determinants for chronic hepatitis B in Asians: therapeutic implications

    M.-F. Yuen;H.-J. Yuan;D. K.-H. Wong;J. C.-H. Yuen

  • HBsAg Seroclearance in Chronic Hepatitis B in Asian Patients: Replicative Level and Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    Man–Fung Yuen;Danny Ka–Ho Wong;James Fung;Philip Ip

  • HBsAg seroclearance in chronic hepatitis B in the Chinese: virological, histological, and clinical aspects

    Man-Fung Yuen;Danny Ka-Ho Wong;Erwin Sablon;Eric Tse

Frequent Co-Authors

Ching-Lung Lai
Ching-Lung Lai University of Hong Kong
Benjamin C.Y. Wong
Benjamin C.Y. Wong University of Hong Kong
Yasuhito Tanaka
Yasuhito Tanaka Kumamoto University
Ivan Hung
Ivan Hung University of Hong Kong
Masashi Mizokami
Masashi Mizokami National Center For Global Health and Medicine
Henry Lik-Yuen Chan
Henry Lik-Yuen Chan Chinese University of Hong Kong
George K. K. Lau
George K. K. Lau Humanity & Health
Shiv Kumar Sarin
Shiv Kumar Sarin Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences
Stephen Locarnini
Stephen Locarnini Melbourne Health
Chung Mau Lo
Chung Mau Lo University of Hong Kong

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