Examines the various forms of chronic viral hepatitis, a disease which affects the liver, pancreas, and biliary system. Differences between hepatitis A, B, and C; Risk factors for these diseases, especially hepatitis B, which is the most common; Symptoms associated with each one.Ryder...
Hepatitis B caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) that affects the liver is a global public health threat that causes considerable liver-related morbidity and mortality. About a third of the world’s population has been infected at one point in their lives, including 343 million who have chro...
Dose-dependent link seen for alcohol, cirrhosis, liver cancer in patients with hepatitis B•Jan. 30, 2025, 1:24 AM ET (Medical Xpress) hepatitis B,infectious diseaseof theliver, the causative agent of which is known ashepatitis B virus(HBV). The course and severity ofillnessassociated with...
Liver disease refers to any abnormal process that affects the liver. See Answer References Top Viral Hepatitis Related Articles Bilirubin Test Bilirubin is a waste product of the normal breakdown of red blood cells in the liver. Normal bilirubin levels vary from lab to lab, and range from arou...
Transient elastography in chronic hepatitis B: An Asian perspective Transient elastography (TE) is a new non-invasive tool for assessing liver stiffness, which is correlated with the histologic stage of liver fibrosis. Many... SU Kim,KH Han,HA Sang - 《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 被引...
Chronic Hepatitis B(CHB) affects more than 260 million people, worldwide, and is the major etiology of liver cancer (Lazarus et al., 2018;Gomes et al., 2019;Revill et al., 2019). Although there are medications approved for the management of CHB, none are curative. They all belong to...
13.Werevirusesanearlyformoflifeand,possibly,theearliestform?PrimaryCanceroftheLiver –Worldwide:•Thirdmostcommoncauseofdeathfromcancerinmales •Seventhmostcommoncauseofdeathfromcancerinfemales •Morethanamilliondeathsperyear•HepatitisBvirus(about85%)andhepatitisC virusaccountformostofthesecancers•Many...
Hepatitis B (HB) surface antigen is present in approximately 10% of HIV-infected patients (130,152). This infection may be associated with chronic liver disease and may pose an additional occupational hazard for health care workers with parenteral blood exposures to these patients. Patients without...
Hepatitis B virus infection and pregnancy Summary Pregnancy only mildly affects that natural progression of acute and chronic infection by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) but it does bring to light thr... Stanislas,Pol,and,... - 《Clinics & Research in Hepatology & Gastroenterology》 被引量: 52...