title: [Follow-up of 52 patients with chronic aggressive hepatitis].
abstract: 52 patients with histologically proven chronic aggressive hepatitis have been followed up for a mean period of 31 months by regular clinical visits, laboratory controls and liver biopsies. Only patients already with a decompensated liver cirrhosis at the time of the first biopsy had a deteriorating course of the disease. According to our criteria of activity of the disease, only 6 cases needed treatment. 6 patients died during the period of follow-up, 5 of them from malignant tumors.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D001379:Azathioprine; D011241:Prednisone
vernacular_title: Velaufsbeobachtungen bei 52 Patienten mit chronisch-aggressiver Hepatitis