Hepatitis B virus antigen and antibodies in alcoholics. Etiological role of HBV in liver diseases of alcoholic patients
| Autor: | Shinjiro Matsui, Hirohisa Koyata, Takashi Kojima, Takafumi Ichida, Kyoichi Inoue, Takehiko Konda, Hiroshi Sasaki, Keiichi Aoyama |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Alcoholic liver disease HBsAg Serology Hepatitis B Antigens Pathogenesis Liver disease Liver Cirrhosis Alcoholic Humans Medicine Hepatitis B Antibodies Liver Diseases Alcoholic Hepatitis B Surface Antigens Hepatology biology business.industry Hepatobiliary disease virus diseases Middle Aged Hepatitis B medicine.disease Hepatitis B Core Antigens digestive system diseases Liver Immunology biology.protein Female Viral disease Antibody business |
| Zdroj: | Liver. 5:247-252 |
| ISSN: | 0106-9543 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1600-0676.1985.tb00245.x |
| Popis: | — A study was carried out to clarify the pathogenetic role of HBV in alcoholic patients with liver diseases. The incidence of serological markers of HBV infection was investigated in these patients and the histological characteristics were compared among the alcoholic patients with and without HBV markers. A high percentage of patients were positive for either HBsAg, anti-HBs or anti-HBc. In six of eight patients with positive HBsAg, liver histology showed viral features, but in 23 of 39 patients with positive anti-HBs and/or low titre anti-HBc and in 12 of 18 patients with negative HBV markers liver histology showed alcoholic features. From these results it is concluded that HBV presumably plays a major role in the pathogenesis of liver disease in alcoholic patients with persistent HBV infection but not in patients with positive antibodies. |
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