Tumour necrosis factor-alpha levels in hepatitis B virus-related chronic active hepatitis and liver cirrhosis and its relationship to Knodell and Child-Pugh scores


Kiki I., Yilmaz O., Erdem F., Gundogdu M., Demircan B., Bilici M.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE, cilt.60, sa.9, ss.1075-1079, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Özet

Although both chronic active hepatitis-B (CAH-B) and liver cirrhosis (LC) are characterised by various degrees of inflammation and hepatocyte necrosis, in advanced stage cirrhosis, marked fibrosis develops and inflammation and tissue necrosis diminishes.