Occult hepatitis B virus infection and cryptogenic chronic hepatitis in an area with intermediate prevalence of HBV infection

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 21, 2006; 12(31): 5048-5050
Published online Aug 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i31.5048

Table 2 Demographic, biochemical, serological and histological data of patients with positive HBV-DNA

Variable	Patient No. 18	Patient No. 47
Age (yr)	21	27
Sex	M	F
AST nkat/L (± SD)¹	1617	2917.3
ALT nkat/L (± SD)¹	1667	2334
Alk Ph² nkat/L (± SD)³	2133.8	8568.4
Grade of necro-inflammation (of 18)	4	18
Stage of fibrosis (of 6)	3	5
HBsAb	-	+
HBcAb	+	-
HBeAg	+	+
HBeAb	-	-
HCV-Ab	+	+

¹Normal < 667 nkat/L;

²Alk Ph means alkaline phosphatase;

³Normal: 1084-5251 nkat/L.

Citation: Kaviani MJ, Behbahani B, Mosallaii MJ, Sari-Aslani F, Taghavi SA. Occult hepatitis B virus infection and cryptogenic chronic hepatitis in an area with intermediate prevalence of HBV infection. World J Gastroenterol 2006; 12(31): 5048-5050
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v12/i31/5048.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v12.i31.5048