RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Hepatitis Bs antibody in alcoholic cirrhosis.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 778
OP 782
DO 10.1136/jcp.32.8.778
VO 32
IS 8
A1 Mills, P R
A1 Pennington, T H
A1 Kay, P
A1 MacSween, R N
A1 Watkinson, G
YR 1979
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/32/8/778.abstract
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.