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Comparative Study
. 1987 Feb;40(2):167-71.
doi: 10.1136/jcp.40.2.167.

Importance of showing HBsAg and HBcAg positivity in the liver for better aetiological definition of chronic liver disease

L Cuccurullo, M Rambaldi, G Iaquinto, F Ferraraccio, L Ambrosone, N Giardullo, A De Vita
Comparative Study

Importance of showing HBsAg and HBcAg positivity in the liver for better aetiological definition of chronic liver disease

L Cuccurullo et al. J Clin Pathol. 1987 Feb.

Abstract

Serum and tissue hepatitis B virus (HBV) markers were compared in 35 alcoholic and 23 non-alcoholic subjects affected by chronic liver disease. Seventeen point one per cent of alcoholic and 21.7% of non-alcoholic subjects had HBV tissue markers, but not serum markers, for this virus. It is therefore concluded that showing the presence of HBV tissue markers permits a better aetiological definition of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) negative chronic liver disease, both in alcoholic and non-alcoholic subjects.

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