Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 5 , Pages 1629-1638, May 2009

A 28-Year Study of the Course of Hepatitis Δ Infection: A Risk Factor for Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  • Raffaella Romeo

      Affiliations

    • A. M. Migliavacca Center, First Division of Gastroenterology, IRCCS Maggiore Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Raffaella Romeo, MD, PhD, First Division of Gastroenterology, IRCCS Maggiore Hospital, Pad. Granelli, Via F. Sforza, 35, 20122 Milan, Italy
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  • Ersilio Del Ninno

      Affiliations

    • A. M. Migliavacca Center, First Division of Gastroenterology, IRCCS Maggiore Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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  • Mariagrazia Rumi

      Affiliations

    • A. M. Migliavacca Center, First Division of Gastroenterology, IRCCS Maggiore Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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  • Antonio Russo

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, San Carlo Borromeo Hospital of Milan, Milan, Italy
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  • Angelo Sangiovanni

      Affiliations

    • A. M. Migliavacca Center, First Division of Gastroenterology, IRCCS Maggiore Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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  • Roberto de Franchis

      Affiliations

    • Third Division of Gastroenterology, IRCCS Maggiore Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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  • Guido Ronchi

      Affiliations

    • A. M. Migliavacca Center, First Division of Gastroenterology, IRCCS Maggiore Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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  • Massimo Colombo

      Affiliations

    • A. M. Migliavacca Center, First Division of Gastroenterology, IRCCS Maggiore Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Received 29 July 2008; accepted 19 January 2009. published online 30 January 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose the following: M. Colombo is advisor and served as a speaker bureau for Roche, Schering Plough, Glaxo Smith Kline, and Gilead. The remaining authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported by a grant from University of Milan (“First Project”) and a grant from Fondazione IRCCS Maggiore Hospital Mangiagalli and Regina Elena (“Ricerca Corrente 2008”).

PII: S0016-5085(09)00154-1

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2009.01.052

Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 5 , Pages 1629-1638, May 2009

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