Measurement of serum hyaluronic acid in patients with chronic hepatitis C and its relationship to liver histology

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

Morbidity and mortality in compensated cirrhosis type C: A retrospective follow-up study of 384 patients

1997 • 1,426 citations

Epidemiology of Hepatitis C in the West

1995 • 506 citations

Noninvasive diagnosis of hepatic fibrosis or cirrhosis

1997 • 365 citations

Factors predictive of a beneficial response to therapy of hepatitis C

1997 • 339 citations

Plasma clearance, tissue distribution and metabolism of hyaluronic acid injected intravenously in the rabbit

1981 • 333 citations

Modeling the impact of interferon alfa treatment on liver fibrosis progression in chronic hepatitis C: A dynamic view

1999 • 257 citations

Diagnostic accuracy of hyaluronan and type III procollagen amino-terminal peptide serum assays as markers of liver fibrosis in chronic viral hepatitis C evaluated by ROC curve analysis

1996 • 242 citations

Treatment of chronic hepatitis C with consensus interferon: A multicenter, randomized, controlled trial

1997 • 183 citations

Cost effectiveness of interferon ?2b combined with ribavirin for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C

1999 • 163 citations

Interferon-ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C with and without cirrhosis: Analysis of individual patient data of six controlled trials

1999 • 155 citations

Serum Hyaluronate Reflects Hepatic Fibrogenesis in Alcoholic Liver Disease and Is Useful As A Marker of Fibrosis

1996 • 146 citations

Serum hyaluronate in primary biliary cirrhosis—A biochemical marker for progressive liver damage

1988 • 138 citations

Prediction of response during interferon alfa 2b therapy in chronic hepatitis C patients using viral and biochemical characteristics: A comparison

1997 • 129 citations

Serum hyaluronan as a marker of liver fibrosis in chronic viral hepatitis C: effect of α-interferon therapy

1995 • 119 citations

Management of hepatitis C

1998 • 95 citations

Relationship between procollagen III aminoterminal propeptide and hyaluronan serum levels and histological fibrosis in primary biliary cirrhosis and chronic viral hepatitis C

1994 • 94 citations

Polydispersity of acidic glycosaminoglycan components in human liver and the changes at different stages in liver cirrhosis

1985 • 79 citations

Epidemiology for Public Health Practice

1997 • 74 citations

Hyaluronic acid synthesis and secretion by rat liver fat storing cells (perisinusoidal lipocytes) in culture

1988 • 67 citations

Profiles of expression of carbohydrate chain structures during human intrahepatic bile duct development and maturation: A lectin-histochemical and immunohistochemical study

1994 • 66 citations

Clinical significance of serum hyaluronan in patients with chronic viral liver disease

1996 • 66 citations

Liver transplantation for chronic viral hepatitis

1995 • 63 citations

Hispathology of chronic hepatitis C in relation to epidemiological factors

1996 • 62 citations

Changes in serum fibrogenesis markers during interferon therapy for chronic hepatitis type C

1996 • 48 citations

Serum markers for connective tissue turnover in patients with chronic hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis C: A comparative analysis

1995 • 35 citations

Does immunoglobulin interfere with the immunogenicity to Pasteur Mérieux inactivated hepatitis A vaccine?

1997 • 25 citations

Evidence for hepatitis C viral infection in patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma.

1994 • 19 citations