Histologic Improvement of Fibrosis in Patients with Hepatitis C Who Have Sustained Response to Interferon Therapy

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

Classification of chronic hepatitis: Diagnosis, grading and staging

1994 • 2,506 citations

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

1994 • 1,968 citations

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

1997 • 1,426 citations

Clinical Outcomes after Transfusion-Associated Hepatitis C

1995 • 1,228 citations

Risk Factors for Hepatocellular Carcinoma among Patients with Chronic Liver Disease

1993 • 1,118 citations

Hepatitis C virus infection is associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma.

1990 • 1,108 citations

Interferon Therapy Reduces the Risk for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: National Surveillance Program of Cirrhotic and Noncirrhotic Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C in Japan

1999 • 1,095 citations

The Treatment of Chronic Viral Hepatitis

1997 • 974 citations

Randomised trial of effects of interferon-α on incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic active hepatitis C with cirrhosis

1995 • 875 citations

Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Italian Patients with Cirrhosis

1991 • 832 citations

The long-term pathological evolution of chronic hepatitis C

1996 • 594 citations

Long-Term Histologic Improvement and Loss of Detectable Intrahepatic HCV RNA in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C and Sustained Response to Interferon-α Therapy

1997 • 571 citations

Incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B and C: A prospective study of 251 patients

1995 • 421 citations

10-year follow-up after interferon-? therapy for chronic hepatitis C

1998 • 279 citations

Quantification of hepatitis C virus by competitive reverse transcription—polymerase chain reaction: Increase of the virus in advanced liver disease

1993 • 257 citations

Predictors of the efficacy of interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Tokyo-Chiba Hepatitis Research Group

1997 • 187 citations

Long-term follow-up of patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with different doses of interferon-alpha 2b.

1993 • 165 citations

Relationship between biochemical, virological, and histological response during interferon treatment of chronic hepatitis C

1997 • 156 citations

Efficacy of interferon alfa therapy in chronic hepatitis C patients depends primarily on hepatitis C virus RNA level

1995 • 135 citations

Treatment of chronic hepatitis C with high-dose interferon ?-2b

1993 • 106 citations

Two-year biochemical, virological, and histological follow-up in patients with chronic hepatitis C responding in a sustained fashion to interferon alfa-2b treatment

1995 • 105 citations

Persistent Hepatitis C Viremia Predicts Late Relapse after Sustained Response to Interferon-α in Chronic Hepatitis C

1996 • 102 citations

Histological changes of the liver by treatment of chronic non-A, non-B hepatitis with recombinant leukocyte interferon alpha

1989 • 69 citations

Correlation of biochemical response to interferon alfa with histological improvement in hepatitis C: A meta-analysis of diagnostic test characteristics

1997 • 61 citations

Biochemical and virological outcome of patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with interferon alfa-2b for 6 or 12 months: A 4-year follow-up of 211 patients

1997 • 39 citations

A histopathological study of the effects of 6-month versus 12-month interferon α-2b therapy in chronic hepatitis C

1996 • 29 citations

Real‐time monitoring of HCV‐RNA by single tube assay kit and potential importance for predicting virological sustained response in patients with chronic hepatitis C

1996 • 15 citations