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6366422

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-3-26
pubmed:abstractText
We studied liver biopsies performed between January 1972 and June 1980 in 111 patients receiving regular dialysis treatment. Biopsies were performed either because of suspected liver disease (61 patients) or routinely during abdominal surgery or kidney transplantation (50 patients). Repeat biopsies were done in 14 cases. Hepatitis B virus markers, assayed every 3 months during the observation period, were detected at some time in 71 patients (64%); 51 remained persistently positive. Histological examination showed normal liver in 39 cases, lobular hepatitis in 15, chronic persistent hepatitis in 36 and chronic active hepatitis in 21. All patients with chronic active hepatitis were chronic HBsAg carriers, and repeated biopsies showed aggravation only in these patients. The course was remarkably asymptomatic, with lesions leading to fibrosis despite the lack of histopathological patterns of severe necrosis and/or inflammation, which were conspicuously absent in this series.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0106-9543
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
377-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Relationship between liver histopathological changes and HBsAg in 111 patients treated by long-term hemodialysis.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article