Epidemiology
"Liver Biopsy Discloses Occult Chronic Viral Hepatitis 'C' (HCV) in Young Asymptomatic Blood Donors in Southern Brazil."
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, December 25th, 1995
According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 46th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, held November 3-7, 1995, in Chicago, Illinois, "Objectives: To evaluate histopathological alterations in young asymptomatic blood donors positive for hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV-ELISA II) and the identification of known risk factors. Material and Methods: Asymptomatic blood donors anti-HCV positive (ELISA II/double-checked), HBsAg and HIV negatives were referred for evaluation. Thirty-four patients who had any two alterations in the following liver function tests (LFT): AST, ALT, total bilirubin, serum proteinogram, GGT, alkaline...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (1995-12-25)
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