[Drug addicts' liver].
OBJECTIVE
To assess condition of the liver in drug abusers.


METHODS
Clinicobiochemical, immunological, virological and morphological hepatic tests were made in 144 patients with different forms of drug addiction.


RESULTS
Hepatic diseases are rather common in drug addicts. They have some specific clinical features: weak clinical symptoms and laboratory ++indications, high incidence of viral hepatitides markers, repeated infection, initially absent definite evidence on immunological status disturbance, predominant morphologically inactive forms. Symptoms of hepatic disorders were found both in the period of active abuse and in abstinence.


CONCLUSIONS
Young people with psychopathological behavior should be examined and followed up for detection of drug addiction and concomitant liver diseases.
Loginov
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Il'chenko
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LIu
Tsaregorodtsev
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Shepeleva
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Tkachev
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D005260:Female; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D018963:Hepatitis Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006518:Hepatitis Viruses / Q000276:immunology; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D009294:Narcotics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology
D015415:Biomarkers; D006508:Hepatitis Antibodies; D018963:Hepatitis Antigens; D009294:Narcotics