[Role of hepatitis B and delta viruses in the etiology of hepatocarcinoma and other chronic liver diseases].
We studied in a prospective form 23 patients with chronic hepatic disease of the Medicine Department in Regional Hospital of Cusco (Perú). It is a reference center of endemic places of B Hepatitis and Delta Hepatitis (Puerto Maldonado, Abancay y La Convención) (8). This study has been done in a year. The diagnosis was done by a hepatic biopsy in 16 patients, in the others in whom the biopsy was contraindicated, the diagnosis was clinic and the laboratory.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000382:microbiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications; D006515:Hepatitis B virus; D003699:Hepatitis D / Q000150:complications; D003698:Hepatitis Delta Virus; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies
Rol de los virus de hepatitis B y delta en la etiología del hepatocarcinoma y otras hepatopatías crónicas.