News tagged with chronic hbv infection

Patients with hepatitis B infection twice as likely to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma

A South Korean study has shown that patients infected with hepatitis B (HBV) are around twice as likely to develop a common form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). This is the conclusion of an Article published Online First in ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Does peripheral T-lymphocyte subpopulations correlate with hepatitis B virus load?

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a dynamic process with variable biochemical, virological and histological profiles at different stages of the infection, depending on host and viral factors. Furthermore, this profile ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hepatitis B virus mutations may predict risk of liver cancer

Certain mutations in the DNA of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) are associated with the development of liver cancer and may help predict which patients with HBV infections are at increased risk of the disease, according to a ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Do patients at risk for B-cell malignancy need antiviral treatment?

Some studies have shown that a relationship of hepatitis C (HCV) infection with type II mixed cryoglobulinemia exists. However the precise mechanism remains unclear.

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created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0