Clinical long-term outcome of hepatitis D compared to hepatitis B monoinfection.
Anika WrankeBenjamin HeidrichKatja DeterdingKatharina Luise Hupa-BreierJanina KirschnerBirgit BremerMarkus CornbergHeiner WedemeyerPublished in: Hepatology international (2023)
Our results confirmed that HDV leads to a faster progression to cirrhosis compared to HBV. However, once cirrhosis is present, not HDV but the underlying cirrhosis is the dominate intrinsic risk factor for the development of liver-related end points and for the progression to HCC.
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