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ArticleHepatology international2023

Clinical long-term outcome of hepatitis D compared to hepatitis B monoinfection.

Anika Wranke, Benjamin Heidrich, Katja Deterding, Katharina Luise Hupa-Breier, Janina Kirschner, Birgit Bremer, Markus Cornberg, Heiner Wedemeyer

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Article in Hepatology international, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Phase 2 Randomised Study of Bulevirtide as Monotherapy or Combined With Peg-IFNα-2a as Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis Delta.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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  4. High Rates of Advanced Chronic Liver Disease in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis D Virus Infection in Uzbekistan.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026
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  6. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Elevated Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) in 2382 Treatment-naïve HBV/HDV Co-Infected Patients.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2026
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  12. [Analysis of the prevalence status and clinical characteristics of the hepatitis D virus in the Xinjiang region].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2025
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  18. Hepatitis Delta Virus and Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anika WrankeDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Benjamin HeidrichDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Katja DeterdingDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Katharina Luise Hupa-BreierDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Janina KirschnerDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Birgit BremerDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Markus CornbergDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Heiner WedemeyerDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany. wedemeyer.heiner@mh-hannover.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2906-0480
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsHepatitis D virus (HDV) infection causes the most severe form of chronic viral hepatitis. However, it is still unclear to what extent the underlying cirrhosis may contribute to disease progression. The aim of this study was to compare the long-term outcome of HDV infection with HBV monoinfection in a single-center cohort of both non-cirrhotic and cirrhotic patients.

methodWe retrospectively studied 175 patients with chronic hepatitis D (CHD) who were followed for at least 6 months (median of 6.3 (0.6-23.6) years). In addition, we selected 175 patients with HBV monoinfection (CHB) who were matched for gender, age, region of origin, HBeAg status, and bilirubin. Liver-related clinical end points were defined as hepatic decompensation (ascites, encephalopathy, variceal bleeding), liver transplantation, HCC, or liver-related death.

resultsClinical complications developed earlier (4.6 vs. 6.2 years) and more frequently (35.4% vs. 12.6%, p < 0.01) in CHD patients. In a multivariate Cox regression, HDV infection was independently associated with the development of end points (p < 0.01; HR: 3.0; 95% CI 1.4-6.4). However, in cirrhotic patients there were no significant differences between HBV and HDV in the development of end points. Besides, CHB patients with cirrhosis developed more frequently HCC (35.5%) than CHD patients with cirrhosis (18.5%).

conclusionOur results confirmed that HDV leads to a faster progression to cirrhosis compared to HBV. However, once cirrhosis is present, not HDV but the underlying cirrhosis is the dominate intrinsic risk factor for the development of liver-related end points and for the progression to HCC.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularEsophageal and Gastric VaricesHepatitis BHepatitis B, ChronicHepatitis DLiver NeoplasmsGastrointestinal HemorrhageHepatitis B virusHepatitis Delta VirusHumansLiver CirrhosisRetrospective StudiesCirrhosisClinical longterm outcomeHBeAgHepatitis BHepatitis deltaHepatocellular carcinomaLiver decompensationNucleos(t)ide analogsPegylated interferon alphaTherapy

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PMID37789170
PMCPMC10661878
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