丙型肝炎防治_培训课件.pptVIP

A number of factors have been shown or suggested to affect the course of chronic hepatitis C and its tendency and rapidity to progress to cirrhosis and to end stage liver disease: greater age at infection （and in several studies also at diagnosis） was associated with increasing histological severity and a more rapid clinical course in most studies. On the other hand, the role of gender remains theoretical as several studies have reported more severe and progressive liver disease in males, but this was not always confirmed. More recent data showed an association between MHC class II alleles and