Longterm follow-up of patients with hepatitis delta

Background and Aims: Longterm follow up in patients with hepatitis delta has been reported in only a limited number of studies including only small numbers of patients. The present study addressed the effect of an antiviral therapy on the longterm clinical course of hepatitis D Patients and Methods: 53 patients with chronic hepatitis delta, that have been seen in the hepatitis outpatient department between 1989 and 2006, were prospectively followed for a mean of 74±60 months. Antiviral treatment with interferon had been carried out in 37 patients. Treatment regimens were either standard interferon at doses of 5–…