Longterm outcome of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in a real-world setting: the German LOTOS study
H Wedemeyer, D Hueppe, T Lutz, K Grüngreiff, P Sandow, HW Busch, S Christensen, J Reimer, I Hribar, U Alshuth · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2011 · Heft 01
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Zusammenfassung
The LOTOS study (Longterm Outcome of cHC) is an ongoing noninterventional study in 115 private practices aimed to determine long-term clinical outcome of pts. who were followed from 2003 on. Pts. with cHC who were screened, diagnosed and treated and not treated in one of 4 preceding noninterventional studies >3 yrs ago, and who are still under routine medical observation were included. Hematol., biochem. and virolog. as well as clinical data (develop. of varices, decomp. liver disease, cirrhosis, HCC, liver transplantation, death) were recorded. Until April 2010, for 682 pts. complete documentation was available…
