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

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 60 Sayı: 9
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2006.00936.x
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1075-1079
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: chronic active hepatitis-B, liver cirrhosis, TNF-alpha, Child-Pugh score, hepatitis activity index
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

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.