Histologic Study of Chronic Active Hepatitis C: Comparison with Chronic Active Hepatitis B

Histologic Study of Chronic Active Hepatitis C; Comparison with Chronic Active Hepatitis B

Reports on the histologic findings of chronic active hepatitis C (CAH-C) have been rare, and the characteristic histologic findings of CAH-C have been not yet determined. To compare the differences in the histologic findings between CAH-C and chronic active hepatitis B (CAH-B) group, we analyzed the histologic findings of 19 patients with CAH-C, who had positive tests for HCV-antibody by EIA, a...

Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B with Tenofovir

Background:Tenofovir is among the first-line treatments for chronic hepatitis B (CHB) virus infection. We evaluated the efficacy of Tenofovir in the treatment of Iranian adult patients with CHB. Methods: In a retrospective study, we evaluated 154 HBsAg positive patients referred to Sadoughi hospital in Yazd-Iran for treatment ...

Chronic Hepatitis/Chronic Active Hepatitis in Dogs

Chronic Active Hepatitis

Our previous observations of highly significant increases in high titre antibodies to measles and rubella in patients with chronic active hepatitis have been extended and it has been shown that these reactions do not occur in other forms of liver disease. Significant increases in antibody titres to cytomegalovirus have also been found in patients with chronic active hepatitis (p<0001) and alcoh...

The Study of Cerumen Hepatitis B Infection in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients by Real-Time PCR

Introduction: The hepatitis B is a viral infection that causes a big problem globally. About 2 billion people worldwide are infected and there are now about 400 million HBV-DNA carriers around the world. HBV infection is the ninth cause of death worldwide and infects about 350 million new cases each year in the world. HBV-DNA can be spotted in different body secretions and fluids, including se...