Open AccessLong-term follow-up after cure from chronic hepatitis C virus infection shows occult hepatitis and a risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in noncirrhotic patients
Author(s) -
Charlotte Lybeck,
Erwin Daniel Brenndörfer,
Matti Sällberg,
Scott Montgomery,
Soo Aleman,
AnnSofi Duberg
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
european journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.881
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1473-5687
pISSN - 0954-691X
DOI - 10.1097/meg.0000000000001316
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , hepatitis c virus , occult , gastroenterology , hepatitis c , liver disease , fibrosis , virus , immunology , pathology , alternative medicine
Curing of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection primarily aims to prevent severe liver complications. Our objectives were to investigate the long-term presence and impact of occult HCV infection (OCI) and to study the outcomes in terms of liver disease after virological cure.