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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
2
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1980-8-25
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pubmed:abstractText |
Healthy adults and non-liver disease patients in the Airin district gave a positivity rate for HBs antigen of approximately 2%, which is not so much different from the average of the entire Japanese population. In this district, the positive rate of HBs antigen 5% (11 out of 244) in chronic liver disease is much lower than that (31%) of control group patients at Osaka City University Hospital (O.C.U.H.). However the positive rate of anti-HBs antibody in this district is 46% which is extremely high compared with that (23.4%) in the rest of Japan. The positive for anti-HB antibodies (including of anti-HBs and anti-HBc antibody) accounted for 67% of non-liver disease patients and 68% of chronic liver disease patients in the Airin district. Corresponding values for patients at O.C.U.H. were 44% and 43% respectively. There were no significant differences in the histological picture between HBs antigen-negative patients with and those without demonstrable anti-HBs antibodies. Changes in the liver exhibited by heavy drinkers inhabitating the Airin district were primarily those of alcoholic liver damage.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Apr
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pubmed:issn |
0435-1339
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
15
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
160-6
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:6155305-Antibodies, Viral,
pubmed-meshheading:6155305-Hepatitis B,
pubmed-meshheading:6155305-Hepatitis B Antibodies,
pubmed-meshheading:6155305-Hepatitis B Antigens,
pubmed-meshheading:6155305-Hepatitis B virus,
pubmed-meshheading:6155305-Homeless Persons,
pubmed-meshheading:6155305-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:6155305-Japan,
pubmed-meshheading:6155305-Liver Diseases, Alcoholic
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pubmed:year |
1980
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Hepatitis B virus and alcoholic liver damage in the Airin district. (Osaka's skid row area).
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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