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The course of chronic persistent hepatitis

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Twenty-nine patients with histologically diagnosed chronic persistent hepatitis were followed for a mean of 27 months. Twelve patients had evidence of HBV infection. All patients had repeat liver biopsies; in 18 the changes of chronic persistent hepatitis remained, 8 patients had minor changes, 2 patients showed apparent healing, whilst one patient progressed to chronic active hepatitis. Six of 7 non drug abusing HBV negative patients showed improvement on repeat liver biopsy whereas 15 of 20’ intravenous drug abusers and 9 of 12 HBV infected patients had not improved. All patients except one remained clinically well. Stigmata of chronic liver disease were infrequent and mild.

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  1. Department of Medicine and Gastroenterology, The Charitable Infirmary, Jervis Street, Dublin 1, Ireland

    Yvonne Arthurs, G. D. Doyle & J. F. Fielding

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Arthurs, Y., Doyle, G.D. & Fielding, J.F. The course of chronic persistent hepatitis. Ir J Med Sci 151, 83–85 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02940153

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