PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mills, P R
AU  - Pennington, T H
AU  - Kay, P
AU  - MacSween, R N
AU  - Watkinson, G
TI  - Hepatitis Bs antibody in alcoholic cirrhosis.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.32.8.778
DP  - 1979 Aug 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 778--782
VI  - 32
IP  - 8
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/32/8/778.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/32/8/778.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1979 Aug 01; 32
AB  - Sera from patients with chronic liver disease were tested for antibody against hepatitis B surface antigen by radioimmunoassay. The antibody was found in 25% of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and in 52% when alcoholic cirrhosis was associated with portal hypertension, these results being significantly higher than in a matched control population. Other forms of chronic liver disease did not differ from the control population. Hepatitis B virus infection might be a factor in determining which alcoholic patients go on to develop chronic liver disease and cirrhosis.