title: [Pathologic grading and clinical features of chronic hepatitis B].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To raise the accuracy of clinical diagnosis of chronic hepatitis B.
  
  
  METHODS
  The correlation between the clinical features, biochemical tests (the serum total bilirubin-TBil, albumin-ALB, prothrobin activity-PTA, alanine aminotransferase-ALT, albumin/globulin-A/G, and r-globulin-r-G) and histopathological data in 202 patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) were studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Some of presenting symptoms and signs were obviously associated with histological grade and stage. The grade of necroinflammatory activity of CHB was associated with the rising TBil, ALT, GGT and the declining ALB, A/G and PTA. The coincidence of clinical diagnosis and pathology was highest in mild chronic hepatitis, 63.8%~79.0%; then was in marked chronic hepatitis, 40.0%~62.5%. The coincidence was lowest in moderate chronic hepatitis, 10.0%~28.2%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Great attention should be paid to the significance of symptoms and signs, meanwhile the standard of clinical diagnosis for moderate chronic hepatitis might be relaxed somewhat.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Youan Hospital, Beijing 100054, China.
authors.forename: Hongbo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Zhenwei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: Ronghua
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood*; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood; D015510:Clinical Medicine; D005260:Female; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011516:Prothrombin / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D011516:Prothrombin; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D001663:Bilirubin