Biochemical and histopathological findings in 20 patients during acute illness and data from follow up investigations
| Patient | ALT1-150 | Bilirubin1-151 | 1978 | 1979 | 1981 | 1982 | 1984 | 1989 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | 475 | NA | a–b/0–1 | a–b/0 | LTX 97 | ||||||
| BP | 340 | 1.1 | a–b/0 | b/1 | |||||||
| DF | 374 | 1.5 | b/2 | a/0 | |||||||
| HM | 768 | 1.8 | c/0 | a/0 | |||||||
| HEJ | 894 | 3.8 | a–b/0 | b/0–1 | b/1 | a/0 | |||||
| HH | 632 | NA | b/0 | b/0 | c/2 | ||||||
| KH | 575 | 2.8 | b/1 | a–b/0–1 | a–b/0 | ||||||
| PP | 990 | 1.9 | a–b/0 | a–b/0–1 | b/1 | ||||||
| RI | 588 | 1.0 | b/1 | b/0–1 | LTX | ||||||
| SC | 350 | 1.7 | c/0 | a–b/0 | |||||||
| SR | 259 | 1.1 | a–b/0 | c/0 | b/0 | a–b/0 | |||||
| HAJ | 1027 | 4.9 | Clear | ||||||||
| HR | 621 | 3.55 | b/1–2 | ||||||||
| KD | 522 | 2.9 | Cirrhosis | ||||||||
| PF | 655 | 1.5 | a/1 | ||||||||
| PB | 320 | 1.2 | Clear | ||||||||
| SK | 1729 | 3.2 | RB/BE | ||||||||
| WG | 354 | 1.4 | Cirrhosis | ||||||||
| WJ | 84 | 0.7 | b/0 | ||||||||
| ZW | 252 | 1.2 | RB/BE |
Histological grades a–c and staging from 0 to 4 was based on a proposed classification25 as described in Patients and methods.
↵1-150 Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) concentration in U/l (normal range 0–-22).
↵1-151 Total bilirubin concentration in mg/dl.
NA, not available; RB/BE, refused biopsy/biochemical evidence of chronic HCV infection; LTX, liver transplant.