title: The spectrum of liver disease in the United Arab Emirates.
abstract: Of 209 patients with liver disease attending the Al Qassimi Hospital, Sharjah, 172 were suffering from acute hepatitis. The proportion harbouring the hepatitis B surface antigen was unknown. Of the remainder, 10 were suffering from chronic active hepatitis, five from primary hepatoma and six from cirrhosis. Infection with hepatitis virus B was regarded as of aetiological significance in three cases of chronic active hepatitis, four of primary hepatoma and two of cirrhosis.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014479:United Arab Emirates
chemical_list: D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens