[Hepatitis C virus antibodies in chronic non-alcoholic liver disease].
The presence of hepatitis C virus antibodies was studied in 64 patients with non alcoholic liver disease and found in 11 (17%). The greater frequency of positive antibodies was found among patients with cryptogenetic liver disease, specially those without serum auto-antibodies (32%). The antibody was unusually found (0 to 11%) in non alcoholic liver diseases of other etiologies. It is concluded that hepatitis C virus chronic infections may be the etiology of an important number of non alcoholic chronic liver diseases.
Silva
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Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Chile (Campus Occidente), Hospital San Juan de Dios, Santiago de Chile.
Muñoz
G
G
Sánchez
G
G
Jirón
M I
MI
Wolff
C
C
Varas
A
A
Giaconi
X
X
Vargas
C
C
Soto
J R
JR
Armas
R
R
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000276:immunology*; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies