| [geographical differences in the incidence of australia antigen in chronic liver diseases]. | in order to evaluate the role of the australia antigen and of the many other factors commonly invoked in the etiology of chronic liver diseases a series of study have been performed by radioimmunoassay on: a group of blood donors who showed persistent antigenemia and two groups of patients with chronic hepatitis who were studied respectively at brescia general hospital and at the departement of internal medicine of the university of naples. the results were as it follows: 1) liver damage, from m ... | 1975 | 1223953 |
| the descriptive epidemiology of primary liver cancer in italy. | using figures from the official death registry, we studied the descriptive epidemiology of primary liver cancer (plc) in italy from 1969 to 1985. the annual age-standardized mortality rate rose from 3.7/100,000 in 1969 to 4.7/100,000 in 1985, reaching the peak of 6.5/100,000 in 1983. the male/female ratio increased from 1.2:1 in 1969 to 2:1 in 1985. the age-specific mortality rate was very low in subjects under 55 years of age and peaked in subjects in their seventies and eighties. the rate was ... | 1991 | 1742544 |
| [hepatitis b and d recurrence after liver transplantation]. | in italy, many patients with b-virus (hbv) and delta-virus (hdv) end-stage liver disease, are potential candidates to liver transplantation. several authors have reported 70 to 100% hepatitis recurrence rates. from june 1983 to may 1989, 72 transplants on 60 patients were performed at liver transplantation department of the maggiore-policlinico hospital of milan. the results in 26 hbsag positive patients (19 with hdv infection), that underwent liver transplantation, are reported. a detailed repo ... | 1991 | 2017310 |
| [evaluation of the immune status against the viruses of measles, mumps, rubella, and hepatitis b in a cohort of students from the province of como]. | immunity status to measles, mumps, rubella and type b hepatitis (hb) viruses was studied in a cohort of 83 teen-agers (13-14 years). the vaccination against these agents is optional in italy. out of 83 subjects none had been vaccinated against measles, mumps and hb viruses, while 31 had had rubella vaccination. the percentage of seronegative adolescents was 2% for measles, 25% for mumps and 10% for rubella among unvaccinated teen-agers. these data suggest that even adolescent could be a target f ... | 1989 | 2483899 |
| the spectrum of chronic hepatitis in the last two decades in a university hospital for infectious diseases. | during the last eighteen years (1970-1987) at the infectious diseases clinic of the university of pavia, ospedale policlinico s. matteo, irccs, pavia (referral center for hepatitis in our district: 502534 inhabitants) we observed 4238 patients (2706 m = 63.8%; 1532 f = 36.2%) admitted with presumptive diagnosis of hepatitis. the male to female sex ratio was 1.78 and average age was 38 (1-90) years. acute viral hepatitis was diagnosed in 3238 patients (76.4%), 1960 of which were males (60.5%) and ... | 1989 | 2491435 |
| [prevalence of viral hepatitis b markers in a sample of students at the school of medicine and surgery, university of brescia]. | seroepidemiologic study on hepatitis b virus markers in a group of students in medicine at the university of brescia. the prevalence of hepatitis b virus (hbv) markers was studied in a group of 633 students in medicine at the university of brescia. hbsag was detected in 16 (2.5%) students; anti-hbs and anti-hbc in 73 (11.5%); anti-hbs alone in 4 (0.6%); anti-hbc alone in 9 (1.4%). on the whole 102 (16.1%) students were reactive for one hbv marker at least. significant differences in frequency of ... | 1987 | 3325073 |
| [associated hepatitis b virus forms and analysis of immunologic configurations in histologically typified chronic diseases of the liver. epidemiologic aspects and development factors]. | we report histological aspect of population, expression of middle classes of lombardia (italy), affected by hepatomegaly with or without marks of biohumoral compromised. after classification in groups, according to a minutely explained scheme, we investigate the hepatitis b virus (hbv) immunological aspect and the frequency of the several configurations in every group. we have found hbv positive almost half hepatopathies classified as metabolic according to histological features and 70% of the l ... | 1987 | 3508303 |
| features of chronic hepatitis in alcoholics. a survey in milan. | a study was carried out to confirm the pathogenetic role of ethanol in the development of chronic active hepatitis (cah) and to assess if previous or current superimposed hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection could be relevant to the course of alcoholic liver disease (ald). we examined clinical and laboratory reports of 57 alcoholics with biopsy-proven cah. serum and/or tissue hbv markers and the presence or absence of cirrhosis were investigated. alcohol was the only aetiological factor present in ... | 1987 | 3695815 |
| hepatitis b virus infection in dentists and dental students. | to evaluate exposure to hepatitis b virus (hbv) in dental operators, we surveyed 297 students of the dental school, university of milano, and 526 dentists registered at the italian dental association (a.m.d.i.) of lombardia. out of 297 students, 10.8% had one or more serologic markers of hbv infection; none was hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag) positive. no significant difference in seropositivity was detected among students in relation to sex, age, or possible risk factors investigated. out o ... | 1986 | 3718680 |
| the milan antigen and epidemic hepatitis. | | 1972 | 4113224 |
| epidemic hepatitis-associated antigen (milan antigen). study on normal population and sporadic acute viral hepatitis. | | 1972 | 4623817 |
| [incidence of australia antigen in the population of the bergamo region]. | | 1971 | 5005108 |
| [prevalence of markers to hepatitis b virus in dentists in eastern lombardy]. | | 1984 | 6598901 |
| milan multicenter experience in 96 liver transplants for hepatitis b virus-related cirrhosis. | | 1994 | 7998283 |
| seroprevalence of hepatitis b virus markers and risk factors in patients and staff of an italian residential institution for the mentally disabled. | we conducted a cross-sectional study to evaluate the prevalence rate and risk factors for hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection among residents and staff at the fatebenefratelli institute in san colombano in the province of milan. we tested serum from 510 patients and 165 staff members. in addition, a medical record and a completed questionnaire were obtained from each patient. a total of 338 (66.5%) residents were found to have markers of hbv infection, including 29 (5.7%) who were identified as ca ... | 1996 | 8780609 |
| hepatitis b and c virus infection, alcohol drinking, and hepatocellular carcinoma: a case-control study in italy. brescia hcc study. | we performed a case-control study to assess the association of hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) with hepatitis b virus (hbv) and hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection and alcohol drinking. we recruited as cases 172 subjects with an initial diagnosis of hcc, who were admitted to the two major hospitals in the province of brescia, northern italy, and 332 subjects, sex-, age-, and hospital-matched, who were admitted to the departments of ophthalmology, dermatology, urology, cardiology, and internal medic ... | 1997 | 9303486 |
| high prevalence of multinodular hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis attributable to multiple risk factors. | to see whether or not there is an association between the cause of cirrhosis and the number of hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) nodules, we analyzed 178 consecutive patients in whom hcc was detected during a prospective screening by abdominal ultrasound (us). the relevant information was obtained from the database of the screening programs operating at four hospitals in the milan area. one hundred twenty-nine (72%) patients had a single tumor nodule detected by us and 49 (28%) patients had multino ... | 1999 | 10347111 |
| a case-control study on a novel dna virus (tt virus) infection and hepatocellular carcinoma. the brescia hcc study. | we performed a case-control study to evaluate the association of a new human dna virus named tt virus (ttv) with hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc). we recruited 174 subjects hospitalized for hcc (84% males; mean age: 64 years) and 118 patients hospitalized for non-liver diseases in brescia, northern italy, as controls (94% males; mean age: 66 years). ttv dna was found in serum by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) in 26 cases (15%) and 11 controls (9.3%) (p >. 1). ttv group 2 infection was identified ... | 1999 | 10385670 |
| etiology of hepatocellular carcinoma in italian patients with and without cirrhosis. | we performed a case-control study to assess the role of hepatitis b virus (hbv), hepatitis c virus (hcv), gb virus c/hepatitis g virus (hgv), tt virus, alcohol intake, and tobacco smoking as risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) in the presence or absence of cirrhosis. we prospectively recruited 174 patients with a first diagnosis of hcc admitted to the main hospitals in brescia, north italy. on the basis of histological, clinical, and radiological criteria, the presence of cirrhosis w ... | 2000 | 10698484 |
| evaluation of environmental bacterial contamination and procedures to control cross infection in a sample of italian dental surgeries. | to perform a pilot study on bacterial contamination in some dental surgeries (n=51) in a local health unit in brescia (lombardy region, italy) and to evaluate the procedures to control cross infection used by the personnel to reduce the risk of infection in dental practice. | 2000 | 11024194 |
| intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and hepatitis c and b virus infection, alcohol intake, and hepatolithiasis: a case-control study in italy. | intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (icc) is a rare type of primary liver cancer (plc) arising from intrahepatic bile ducts. we carried out a case-control study to assess the association between icc and hepatitis b and c virus (hbv and hcv) infections, alcohol intake, and hepatolithiasis in brescia, north italy. | 2001 | 11808716 |
| necrosis percentage of radiologically treated hepatocellular carcinoma at hepatectomy for liver transplantation. | among a cohort of 414 liver transplantations (olt) performed form 1996 to 2009, we analyzed 86 patients (20.7%) who were affected by hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) superimposed on cirrhosis, including 82 with a preoperative diagnosis of tumor; 4 cases had the diagnosis established upon histologic examination after hepatectomy. the gender of 75 patients was male (91.5%), and female in 7 cases (8.5%). the median model for end-stage liver disease score was 10 (range, 6-23). the underlying liver dis ... | 2011 | 21620061 |