Disease Progression (HCV)

HCV+ Patients With Normal ALT Have Slow Progression to Fibrosis

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, May 18th, 1998

Hepatitis C virus-infected persons with persistently normal alanine aminotransferase levels have a low risk of developing liver fibrosis when they do not abuse alcohol, according to a report from France.

Researcher Philippe Mathurin and colleagues found that the progression to fibrosis was twice as slow in hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients with normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) as in HCV patients with elevated ALTs.

"We suggest that the natural history of HCV infection in patients with persistently normal ALT is associated with a low risk of developing severe liver lesions, especially in patients without alcohol consumption," Mathurin et al. wrote...

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