The natural history of compensated cirrhosis due to hepatitis C virus: A 17‐year cohort study of 214 patients

• Published in: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) Vol. 43; no. 6; pp. 1303 - 1310
• Main Authors: Sangiovanni, Angelo, Prati, Gian Maria, Fasani, Pierangelo, Ronchi, Guido, Romeo, Raffaella, Manini, Matteo, Del Ninno, Ersilio, Morabito, Alberto, Colombo, Massimo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.06.2006; Wiley
• Subjects: Adaptation, Physiological - drug effects; Adaptation, Physiological - physiology; Adult; Analysis of Variance; Antiviral Agents - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Catheter Ablation - methods; Cohort Studies; Confidence Intervals; Embolization, Therapeutic; Female; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; Hepacivirus - isolation & purification; Hepatitis C, Chronic - complications; Hepatitis C, Chronic - diagnosis; Hepatitis C, Chronic - drug therapy; Humans; Liver Cirrhosis - etiology; Liver Cirrhosis - physiopathology; Liver Cirrhosis - therapy; Liver Function Tests; Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Other diseases. Semiology; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Registries; Risk Assessment; Severity of Illness Index; Survival Rate; Time Factors; Human; Hepatitis A virus; Picornaviridae; Hepatic disease; Hepatovirus; Virus; Cirrhosis; Cohort study; Gastroenterology; Digestive diseases; Flaviviridae; Hepatitis C virus; Hepacivirus

Large databases of consecutive patients followed for sufficiently long periods are needed to establish the rates, chronology, and hierarchy of complications of cirrhosis as well as the importance of other potential causes of liver disease. In accordance with this goal, a cohort of patients with comp...