Objectives: Although liver biopsy is an invasive test, it is still considered as the gold standard method for determining the severity of liver diseases.
Materials and Methods: A total of 95 young and middle-aged male pa...
Objective: In this study, it is aimed to determine the mutations responsible for drug resistance in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection received/receiving antiviral treatment at our hospital and to ex...
Objective: There are very few data about the epidemiology of hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV infections in drug addicts in Turkey, whereas several countries have a developed surveillance systems...
Reactivation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) refers to reappearance of active necroinflammatory disease of the liver in an individual at an inactive hepatitis B surface antigen carrier state or who is known to have resolved H...
Objectives: The role of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been reported. However, serum levels of glucose-regulated protein (GRP) 78 which is an ER stress marker both in...
Are Liver Transaminases and Hepatitis C Virus-RNA Viral Loads Reliable Markers for Estimating Liver Fibrosis in Patients Recently Diagnosed with Hepatitis C? Evaluation of the Data of Ninety-five Young and Middle-aged Males in a Genotype-1b Prevalent Country
Objectives: Although liver biopsy is an invasive test, it is still considered as the gold standard method for determining the severity of liver diseases. Materials and Methods: A total of 95 young and middle-aged male pa...
Determination of Resistance Mutation in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients Using Antiviral Drugs at Our Hospital
Objective: In this study, it is aimed to determine the mutations responsible for drug resistance in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection received/receiving antiviral treatment at our hospital and to ex...
Frequency of Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus and HIV Infections in Cannabis and Opioid Addicts
Objective: There are very few data about the epidemiology of hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV infections in drug addicts in Turkey, whereas several countries have a developed surveillance systems...
Immunosuppressive Therapy and Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation
Reactivation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) refers to reappearance of active necroinflammatory disease of the liver in an individual at an inactive hepatitis B surface antigen carrier state or who is known to have resolved H...
Circulating Glucose-Regulated Protein 78 Levels in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Infection
Objectives: The role of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been reported. However, serum levels of glucose-regulated protein (GRP) 78 which is an ER stress marker both in...