Natural History and Clinical Outcomes of HBeAg-Negative Chronic Hepatitis B Patients in the “Grey Zone”: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
Introduction and Objectives: Up to one-third of treatment-naïve, HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients with normal ALT do not meet the strict criteria for the inactive carrier (IC) phase, falling into a “Grey Zone” (GZIC). We aimed to delineate the longitudinal outcomes of GZIC patients compared with strict...