Updates


Clinical Guidelines

Mack CL, Gonzalez-Peralta RP, Gupta N, Leung D, Narkewicz MR, Roberts EA, Rosenthal P, Schwarz KB.  North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis and Management of Hepatitis C Infection in Infants, Children and Adolescents.  J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2012 Jun;54(6):838-55.  PMID 22487950

Leung DH, Squires JE, Jhaveri R, Kerkar N, Lin CH, Mohan P, Murray KF, Gonzalez-Peralta RP, Roberts EA, Sundaram SS. Hepatitis C in 2020: A North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Position Paper. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2020 Sep;71(3):407-417. PMID: 32826718.

Indolfi G, Fischler B, Gonzalez-Peralta RP, Ciocca M, Porta G, Neelam M, El-Guindi M, Kelly D, Ni YH, Sibal A, Leung DH, Chang MH; Comparison of Recommendations for Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Children and Adolescents: A Position Paper of the Federation of International Societies of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition.  J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2020 May;70(5):711-717. PMID: 32205770

Publications

Leung, DH, Ahamba, DC, Pillai, LN, Khan, MF, Smith, EO, Mahoney, DH.    Unrecognized hepatitis B in pre-screened children with hematologic and oncologic conditions. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2014 May;61(5):865-8. PMID 24249385

Khaderi, SA, Shepherd, RW, Goss, JA, Leung, DH.  Hepatitis C in the Pediatric Population: Transmission, Natural History, Treatment and Liver Transplantation.  World Journal of Gastroenterology. 2014. Aug 28;20(32):11281-11286. PMID 25170212

Leung, DH, Ton-That, M, Economides, E, Healy, CM.  High prevalence of Hepatitis B non-immunity in vaccinated pediatric liver transplant recipients.  American Journal of Transplantation.  2015 Feb;15(2):535-40. PMID 25611886 

Xue, M, Glenn, JS, and Leung, DH. Hepatitis D (HDV) in children. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2015 May 20. PMID 25988557

Patel, SS and Leung, DH.  Hepatitis B Immunity in the Pediatric Liver Transplant Population.  Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 2016 Oct;28(5):653-8. PMID: 27367054

Mysore, K and Leung, DH.  Hepatitis B and C. Clin Liver Dis 2018 Nov;22(4):703-722. doi: 10.1016/j.cld.2018.06.002. Epub 2018 Aug 22. Review. PMID: 3026615

Leung DH, Wirth S, Yao BB, Viani RM, Gonzalez-Peralta RP, Jonas MM, Lobritto SJ, Narkewicz MR, Sokal E, Fortuny C, Hsu EK, Del Valle-Segarra A, Zha J, Larsen L, Liu L, Shuster DL, Cohen DE, Rosenthal P. Ombitasvir/Paritaprevir/Ritonavir With or Without Dasabuvir and With or Without Ribavirin for Adolescents With HCV Genotype 1 or 4. Hepatol Commun. 2018 Oct 5;2(11):1311-1319. PMID: 30411078; PMCID: PMC6211326.

Rosenthal, P, Narkewicz, MR, Yao, BB, Jolley, CD, Lobritto, SJ, Wen, J, Molleston, JP, Hsu, EK, Jonas, MM, Zha, J, Liu, L and Leung, DH. Ombitasvir, Paritaprevir, Ritonavir Plus Dasabuvir With or Without Ribavirin for Children 3‒11 Years of Age With HCV Genotype 1 Infection. Advances in Therapy. Adv Ther. 2020 May 25. PMID: 32451952.

Mercedes R, Brown JA, Tsai C, Munden M, Devaraj S, Leung, DH.  Liver biopsy validation study of shear wave elastography, APRI, FIB-4, and novel serum biomarkers for liver fibrosis staging in children with chronic viral hepatitis. Glob Pediatr Health. PMID: 32821773 PMCID: PMC7412911. 2020 Jul 30;7:2333794X20938931. eCollection 2020

Kehar M, Ebel NH, Ng VL, Baquero JER, Leung DH, Slowik V, Ovchinsky N, Shah AA, Arnon R, Miloh T, Gupta N, Mohammad S, Kogan-Liberman D, Squires JE, Sanchez MC, Hildreth A, Book L, Chu C, Alrabadi L, Azzam R, Chepuri B, Elisofon S, Falik R, Gallagher L, Kader H, Mogul D, Mujawar Q, Namjoshi SS, Valentino PL, Vitola B, Waheed N, Zheng MH, Lobritto S, Martinez M.  SARS-CoV2 Infection in Children with Liver Transplant and Native Liver Disease: An International Observational Registry Study. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2021 Jun 1;72(6):807-814. PMID: 33605666.

Jonas MM, Rhee S, Kelly DA, Del Valle-Segarra A, Feiterna-Sperling C, Gilmour S, Gonzalez-Peralta RP, Hierro L, Leung DH, Ling SC, Lobzin Y, Lobritto S, Mizuochi T, Narkewicz MR, Sabharwal V, Wen J, Kei Lon H, Marcinak J, Topp A, Tripathi R, Sokal E. Pharmacokinetics, Safety, and Efficacy of Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir in Children With Chronic HCV: Part 2 of the DORA Study. Hepatology. 2021 Jul;74(1):19-27. PMID: 33811356.

Valencia Deray KG, Hosek KE, Chilukuri D, Dunson JR, Spielberg DR, Swartz SJ, Spinner JA, Leung DH, Moulton EA, Munoz FM, Demmler-Harrison GJ, Bocchini CE.  Epidemiology and long-term outcomes of cytomegalovirus DNAemia and disease in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients. Am J Transplant. 2022 Jan;22(1):187-198. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16822. Epub 2021 Sep 12. PMID: 34467658