PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS B AND HEPATITIS C MARKERS IN ALCOHOLICS WITH AND WITHOUT CLINICALLY EVIDENT HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS

PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS B AND HEPATITIS C MARKERS IN ALCOHOLICS WITH AND WITHOUT CLINICALLY EVIDENT HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS

We assessed the frequency of serological markers of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in 365 alcoholics by determining, by ELISA, the presence of HBsAg, anti-HBc, anti-HBs and anti-HCV. Fifty patients were cirrhotics and 315 had no evidence of hepatic cirrhosis; of the l...

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Main Authors: OLIVEIRA Luiz Carlos Marques de, BUSO Abadia Gilda, OLIVEIRA Alessandra Terezinha Rodrigues de, ARANTES Cidamaiá Aparecida, BORGES Luciana Vasconcelos, VALENTE Selma Regina Guerra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1999-01-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Hepatitis B virus
Hepatitis C virus
Alcoholism
Alcoholic liver disease
Alcoholic cirrhosis
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