High rates of cirrhosis and severe clinical events in patients with HBV/HDV co-infection: longitudinal analysis of a German cohort

High rates of cirrhosis and severe clinical events in patients with HBV/HDV co-infection: longitudinal analysis of a German cohort

Abstract Background Chronic hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection causes severe liver disease which often leads to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Aim of this study was to establish the disease severity and prognostic factors for disease outcome by analysing frequencies of clinical eve...

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Main Authors: Jan-Hendrik Bockmann, Marcel Grube, Vanessa Hamed, Johann von Felden, Johanna Landahl, Malte Wehmeyer, Katja Giersch, Michaela T. Hall, John M. Murray, Maura Dandri, Stefan Lüth, Ansgar W. Lohse, Marc Lütgehetmann, Julian Schulze Zur Wiesch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
Subjects:
HBV
HDV
HCC
Interferon
RNA
Outcome
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-020-1168-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12876-020-1168-9

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