title: Incidence of hepatitis B-antigenaemia and positive alphafoetoprotein in New Zealand, Western Samoa and Tonga--(a pilot study of Polynesian liver disease).
abstract: A pilot study was carried out to determine the nature of Polynesian liver disease by a study of blood donors and liver biopsy material from natives in Samoa, Tonga and Auckland, New Zealand. The data is suggestive that the Hepatitis B carrier state and hepatoma are greater in Polynesians than in Europeans. One familial hepatoma in two Maori brothers at ages of 11 and 13 years are reported.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000453:epidemiology; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011114:Polynesia; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins