A National Multicenter Study on Initial Antiviral Treatment Preferences on Chronic Hepatitis B: Entecavir Versus Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate
This national multicenter study emphasizes that patient-related factors, including gender, age, baseline renal function, and liver disease severity, significantly influence the choice of first-line antiviral therapy for CHB, often outweighing disease-specific factors. Cite this article as: Yamazhan T, Zerdali E, Önlen Y, et al. A national multicenter study on initial antiviral treatment preferences on chronic hepatitis B: Entecavir versus tenofovir disoproxil fumarate. Turk J Gastroenterol. 2026;37(2):179-185.
Authors
- Esra Zerdalı (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7023-6639)
- Nurullah Eser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8499-0763)
- Serhat Uysal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0507-6966)
- Oğuzhan Acet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3138-9421)
- Yusuf Önlen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8163-1386)
- Tayibe Bal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5315-122X)
- Umay Balcı (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2369-0692)
- Rahmet Güner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1029-1185)
- Sibel Yıldız Kaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6319-7889)
- Sevil Alkan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1944-2477)
- İmran Hasanoğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6692-3893)
- Tuba Turunç (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0722-6964)
- Esma Aslıhan Aydemir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4706-5568)
- Oğuz Karabay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1514-1685)
- Selma Tosun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9844-9399)
- Lütfiye Nilsun Altunal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4794-9283)
- Fehmı Tabak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8632-2825)
- Ayşe Batırel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6005-636X)
- Tansu Yamazhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5950-0702)
- Özgür Günal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7744-4123)
- Ayşe İnci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0959-5760)
- İlknur Esen Yıldız (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2987-0483)
- Selçuk Kaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4607-2870)
- Dilek Sevgi Yıldız
- Hacer Deniz Özkaya
Institutions
- Sakarya University (TR)
- Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi (TR)
- Izmir University (TR)
- Ankara University (TR)
- University of Turku (FI)
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University (TR)
- University of Health Science (KH)
- Ege University (TR)
- Dr Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (TR)
- Haseki Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (TR)
- Antalya Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (TR)
- Ümraniye Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (TR)
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa (TR)
- Samsun University (TR)
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi (TR)
- Şişli Etfal Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (TR)
- Mustafa Kemal University (TR)
- Adana Science and Technology University (TR)
- Istanbul University (TR)
- Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University (TR)
- University of Health Sciences Antigua (AG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology
- Published
- 2025-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5152/tjg.2025.24741
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00