Ijazul H Taseer, Ijaz H Malik, Ghulam Mustafa, M Arshad, M Hayat Zafar, Iffat Shabbir, M Tahir Khan, Naimtullah Hashmi, Samina Narjis, Misbahul Islam Khan.
Association of Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Hepatitis B Virus.
Biomedica Jan ;12(2):79-81.

One hundred biopsy proven cases of primary hepatocellular carcinoma (PHC) were studied. Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), a marker for hepatitis B virus, was positive in 61% of the cases studied. Maximum number of patients (55%) presented during 5th and 6th dicade of life. High seropositivity for HBV in these patients indicate that in our settings also this virus plays on important role in the etiology of PHC.

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