Mohammed Umar, Hamama Tul Bushra, Naveed Younis, Naghman Bashir.
Clinical Spectrum of Chronic Liver Disease Due to HBV, HCV and Dual Infection - A Comparative Study.
Pak J Gastroenterol Jan ;13(1-2):0-.

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are the most common causes of chronic liver disease and the coexistence of the two virus in the same patients is not rare. 120 patients of chronic liver disease were studied in three groups, group I (HCV) comprising 70 120 (58%), group I (HBV) of 30 / 120 (25%), and group III (HBV and HCV) of 20 120 (16%). The patients with HBV and dual infection were younger (mean age 42 years) than HCV infection (mean age 54 years). Ascites (85%) and upper gastrointestinal bleeding (50%) was common in group I while jaundice (60%) and encephalopathy (60%) were common in group 111. The ALT levels were higher in group III than other two groups. It is suggested that liver disease activity and prognosis have been generally more serious in the presence of dual infection.

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