title: Hepatitis associated antigen, cirrhosis and primary carcinoma of the liver in the Gambia.
abstract: 45% of 65 Gambian patients with cirrhosis, and 53% of 63 patients with primary liver cancer were found to have hepatitis-associated antigenaemia, re-inforcing the possible aetiological role of hepatitis in these two common diseases of Africa.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005714:Gambia; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000276:immunology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins