| Literature DB >> 3818980 |
L Cuccurullo, M Rambaldi, G Iaquinto, F Ferraraccio, L Ambrosone, N Giardullo, A De Vita.
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Serum and tissue hepatitis B virus (HBV) markers were compared in 35 alcoholic and 23 non-alcoholic subjects affected by chronic liver disease. Seventeen point one per cent of alcoholic and 21.7% of non-alcoholic subjects had HBV tissue markers, but not serum markers, for this virus. It is therefore concluded that showing the presence of HBV tissue markers permits a better aetiological definition of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) negative chronic liver disease, both in alcoholic and non-alcoholic subjects.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3818980 PMCID: PMC1140861 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.40.2.167
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Pathol ISSN: 0021-9746 Impact factor: 3.411