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Epidemiological and clinical scenario of chronic liver diseases in Italy: Data from a multicenter nationwide survey.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Sept 2016
Sagnelli Evangelista, Stroffolini Tommaso, Sagnelli Caterina, Smedile Antonina, Morisco Filomena, Furlan Caterina, Babudieri Sergio, Brancaccio Giuseppina, Coppola Nicola, Gaeta Giovanni Battista, Almasio Piero Luigi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The last Italian prevalence survey on chronic liver diseases (CLD) was performed in 2001. The present study evaluated the changes occurring over thirteen years. METHODS: We enrolled 2,557 CLD consecutive patients in 16 Italian liver units in 2014. RESULTS: HBV etiology accounted for 513 (20.2%) cases, alone in 439 and associated with HCV and/or alcohol abuse in 74. Of these 513, 11.9% were...
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