| hepatitis b, c and delta virus infections in albanian patients with chronic liver disease: evaluation of possible changes during the last 10 years. | the prevalence of viral hepatitis markers and of alcohol intake was evaluated in 106 and 99 albanian patients with the diagnosis of viral and/or alcoholic chronic liver disease who were consecutively admitted to the university hospital center of tirana, during 1995 and 2005, respectively. | 2010 | 19734797 |
| polymorphism of ugt1a1*28 (ta)7 and liver damage in hepatitis b virus-positive patients in albania. | hepatitis b virus (hbv) is the infectious agent of both acute and chronic hepatitis. hbv exists in multiple genotypic variants that differ in their capacity to become persistent chronic infections and in their clinical manifestations, including hepatocellular carcinoma. the 8 genotypes (a-h) of hbv show a specific worldwide geographic distribution and are correlated with different disease course, severity, and response to therapy. we isolated dna from 75 hbv-positive blood donors, chosen randoml ... | 2015 | 26125716 |