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Role of BMI, age and sex for disease severity in acute hepatitis C: Analysis of 254 patients from the German Hep-Net acute HCV cohort

K Deterding, J Wiegand, N Grüner, D Becker, M Cornberg, E Jäckel, MC Jung, H Wedemeyer, MP Manns · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2008 · Heft 09

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Zeitschrift
Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
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K Deterding, J Wiegand, N Grüner, D Becker, M Cornberg, E Jäckel, MC Jung, H Wedemeyer, MP Manns
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Heft 09 / 2008
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Erschienen: 2008-09-17 00:00:00
ISSN
0044-2771
DOI
10.1055/s-0028-1089649

Zusammenfassung

Introduction: Acute hepatitis C has become an infrequent disease in Europe. There is only limited data on disease severity in acute hepatitis C investigating more than 100 patients per study. We aimed to determine the role of BMI, sex and age in patients recruited for the German Hep-Net HCV treatment studies. Methods: All patients were admitted for evaluation of treatment of acute hepatitis C. Overall 254 patients with acute hepatitis C were included in this analysis (149 male, 105 female; mean age 38, range 17–78; 130 patients with HCV-genotype 1, 12 genotype 2, 48 genotype 3 and 1 genotype 4) Results: The mean…

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Hepatitis Bilirubin Obesity Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie