| Journal: | Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000305857 |
| ISSN: | 1516-8484 |
| Authors: | Santos, Francisco R1 |
| Institutions: | 1Hospital Bom Jesus, Porto Velho, Rondonia. Brasil |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Season: | Ene-Abr |
| Volumen: | 23 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Pages: | 51-51 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Correspondencia |
| Approach: | Analítico |
| English abstract | This paper is an analysis of the study by Yotsuyanagi et al. about the association of hepatitis B and other viruses in the etiology of non-B and non-C hepatocellular carcinomas. The authors tested for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and transfusion transmitted virus in patients suffering from hepatocellular carcinomas in Japan. Although many of these patients were negative in respect to anti- HBs and / or anti- HBc, using PCR it was possible to prove many individuals exhibited DNA of hepatitis B virus in the blood serum. The most significantly findings were in patients negative for both anti- HBs and anti- HBc. Using RT-PCR the presence of RNA of hepatitis B virus was found in the hepatic tissue in all cases, whether neoplastic or not, except in one patient |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Hematología, Virus, Carcinoma hepatocelular, Hepatitis B |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Hematology, Virus, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Hepatitis B |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
