Hepatitis activity index is a key factor in determining the natural history of chronic hepatitis C

An algorithm for the grading of activity in chronic hepatitis C

1996 • 3,858 citations

Formulation and application of a numerical scoring system for assessing histological activity in asymptomatic chronic active hepatitis

1981 • 3,549 citations

Natural history of liver fibrosis progression in patients with chronic hepatitis C

1997 • 3,027 citations

Randomised trial of interferon α2b plus ribavirin for 48 weeks or for 24 weeks versus interferon α2b plus placebo for 48 weeks for treatment of chronic infection with hepatitis C virus

1998 • 2,374 citations

Intraobserver and Interobserver Variations in Liver Biopsy Interpretation in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

1994 • 1,968 citations

The Natural History of Community-Acquired Hepatitis C in the United States

1992 • 1,614 citations

Clinical Outcomes after Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis C

1995 • 1,228 citations

Long-Term Outcome of Hepatitis C Infection after Liver Transplantation

1996 • 986 citations

Long-Term Mortality after Transfusion-Associated Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis

1992 • 692 citations

Meta-analysis of interferon randomized trials in the treatment of viral hepatitis C: Effects of dose and duration

1996 • 675 citations

Long-term clinical and histopathological follow-up of chronic posttransfusion hepatitis

1991 • 542 citations

Recurrent and acquired hepatitis C viral infection in liver transplant recipients

1992 • 511 citations

Hepatitis C Virus Type 1b (II) Infection in France and Italy

1995 • 490 citations

Influence of the genotypes of hepatitis C virus on the severity of recurrent liver disease after liver transplantation

1995 • 303 citations

Epidemiological factors affecting the severity of hepatitis C virus-related liver disease: A French survey of 6,664 patients

1997 • 301 citations

Interferon for non-A, non-B chronic hepatitis

1991 • 294 citations

Long-term follow-up of non-A, non-B (type C) post-transfusion hepatitis

1992 • 270 citations

Long-term efficacy of ribavirin plus interferon alfa in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C

1996 • 253 citations

The natural course of chronic hepatitis C: A comparison between patients with genotypes 1 and 2 hepatitis C viruses

1996 • 193 citations

Hepatitis C virus genotypes and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis: A case-control study

1996 • 180 citations

The natural course of chronic hepatitis C: A comparison between patients with genotypes 1 and 2 hepatitis C viruses

1996 • 156 citations

Different genotypes of hepatitis C virus are associated with different severity of chronic liver disease

1994 • 152 citations

Hepatitis C Virus Not Found in Fulminant Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis

1991 • 143 citations

An algorithm for the grading of activity in chronic hepatitis C

1996 • 137 citations

Epidemiology and long term prognosis of hepatitis C virus infection in Japan.

1993 • 129 citations

The effect of interferon alfa and ribavirin combination therapy in naive patients with chronic hepatitis C.

1995 • 123 citations

Predictive factors for development of cirrhosis in parenterally acquired chronic hepatitis C: a comparison between immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients

1998 • 119 citations

Hepatitis C virus genotypes are not responsible for development of serious liver disease

1994 • 113 citations

Prospective study of plasma fibronectin in fulminant hepatitis: association with infection and mortality

1995 • 112 citations

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus genotypes in Italy

1994 • 90 citations

Clinical significance of concomitant hepatitis C infection in patients with alcoholic liver disease

1994 • 89 citations

HCV genotypes in Northern Italy: a survey of 1368 histologically proven chronic hepatitis C patients

1998 • 84 citations

Changes in liver fibrosis at the end of alpha interferon therapy and 6 to 18 months later in patients with chronic hepatitis C: quantitative assessment by a morphometric method

1998 • 81 citations

Long‐term follow‐up of chronic post‐transfusion non‐A, non‐B hepatitis: clinical and histological outcome

1988 • 63 citations

Hepatitis C virus genotypes and development of hepatocellular carcinoma

1995 • 58 citations

Development of a simple restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) based assay for HCV genotyping and comparative analysis with genotyping and serotyping tests

1997 • 45 citations

The importance of cofactors in the histologic progression of minimal and mild chronic hepatitis C

1997 • 31 citations