Should patients be screened for hepatitis B/C prior to starting a conventional synthetic DMARD such as methotrexate?
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If you are even thinking about it, YES!!!!AASLD suggests HBV screening when contemplating immunosuppression with HBsAg, anti-HBcore, and anti-HBs for immunization status (separate issue). HCV-Ab should be done at the same time as I have advocated for many years, but now, the practice is catchin...
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at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine This is what I do also. I'd say both B and C.
This is what I do also. I'd say both B and C.