CHRONIC VIRAL-INFECTION IN PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOLIC DAMAGE TO THE LIVER

Citation
Ig. Nikitin et al., CHRONIC VIRAL-INFECTION IN PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOLIC DAMAGE TO THE LIVER, Terapevticeskij arhiv, 70(2), 1998, pp. 40-44
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
ISSN journal
00403660
Volume
70
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
40 - 44
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-3660(1998)70:2<40:CVIPWA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Aim. Detection of viral hepatitides markers in patients with alcoholic damage to the liver Materials and methods. Virological, immunological and histochemical tests were performed in 36 chronic alcoholics who h ad enlarged liver and/or abnormal hepatic characteristics. Results. 60 % of the examinees carried chronic HBV HCV, HDV infection. The activit y of chronic inflammation of hepatic parenchyma was associated with bi ological phase of the viral infection development, The degree of hepat ic parenchyma morphological changes was unrelated to the virus type (H BV, HCV, HDV). Conclusion, Alcoholic hepatic damages often combine wit h viral hepatitis.