Table 1 Characteristics of the 43 included studies
Article | Year of publication | Country | NP | NG | Tissue | C&A | Etiology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Engelmann [14] | 2015 | Germany | 15 | 30 | F | T | Â |
Itzel [15] | 2015 | USA | 163 | 61 | F | F | Â |
Yu [16] | 2015 | China | 154 | 67 | T | F | HBV |
Shi [17] | 2014 | China and Singapore | 26 | 6 | T | F | Â |
Mayinuer [18] | 2013 | Japan | 152 | 154 | T | F | Â |
Gehrau [19] | 2012 | USA | 107 | 17 | F | F | HCV |
Nagai [11] | 2012 | Japan | 21 | 25 | T | F | HCV |
Roessler [20] | 2012 | China | 76 | 6 | F | F | HBV |
Sato [21] | 2012 | Japan | 48 | 20 | T | F | HCV |
Yu [22] | 2012 | China | 100 | 59 | T | F | HBV |
Zekri [23] | 2012 | Egypt | 31 | 25 | T | T | HCV |
Satow [24] | 2010 | Japan | 84 | 124 | T | T | Â |
De Giorgi [25] | 2009 | Italy | 21 | 39 | F | F | HCV |
Sugawara [26] | 2010 | Japan | 1CL | 36 | F | F | Â |
Derambure [12] | 2008 | France | 40 | 63 | T | F | HBV, HCV, alcoholism |
Gao [9] | 2008 | Japan | 38 | 24 | T | T | HCV, HBV |
Guo [27] | 2008 | China | 3CL | 17 | F | F | Â |
Hamaguchi [10] | 2008 | Japan | 60 | 22 | T | F | Â |
Kittaka [5] | 2008 | Japan | 100 | 25 | T | F | HCV, HBV |
Sakai [13] | 2008 | Japan | 12 | 93 | F | T | HCV |
Skawran [28] | 2008 | Germany | 32 | 185 | F | F | HBV, HCV |
Yamashita [29] | 2008 | China | 40 | 71 | T | F | HBV |
Lin [30] | 2007 | Taiwan | – | 19 | F | F |  |
Liu [31] | 2007 | China | 1 | 45 | T | F | Â |
Wang [32] | 2007 | Singapore | 80 | 57 | T | F | HCV, HBV |
Wang [33] | 2007 | USA | 14 | 134 | F | F | Â |
Danenberg [34] | 2006 | USA | 1CL | 50 | F | F | Â |
Chen [35] | 2005 | USA | 63 | 54 | F | F | Â |
Ge [36] | 2005 | Japan | 36 | 58 | F | F | Â |
Iizuka [37] | 2005 | Japan | 76 | 110 | T | F | HCV, HBV |
Matoba [38] | 2005 | Japan | 33 | 46 | T | F | HCV, HBV |
Nam [6] | 2005 | Korea | 42 | 92 | T | F | Â |
Wong [39] | 2005 | China | 10 | 55 | F | F | HBV, HCV |
Breuhahn [40] | 2004 | Germany | 39 | 118 | T | T | HBV, HCV, alcoholism |
Chen [41] | 2004 | USA | – | 29 | T | F |  |
Lee [7] | 2004 | Korea | 10 | 20 | T | F | HCV, HBV |
Kurokawa [42] | 2004 | Japan | 20 | 63 | T | F | HBV, HCV |
Smith [8] | 2003 | USA | 20 | 50 | T | F | HCV |
Kim [43] | 2003 | USA | 74 | 30 | T | F | Â |
Chung [44] | 2002 | Korea | 8 | 62 | T | T | Â |
Iizuka [45] | 2002 | Japan | 51 | 83 | T | F | HBV, HCV |
Lee [46] | 2002 | USA | 19CL | 119 | F | F | Â |
Okabe [47] | 2001 | Japan | 20 | – | T | T | HBV, HCV |