This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (6)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in JAMA  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

The Need for Liver Biopsy

Richard Sampliner, MD

JAMA. 1977;237(1):50-51.

Abstract
Four cases of chronic active hepatitis were found in hepatitis B surface antigen (HB_sAg) positive blood donors. Despite minimal symptoms, the full histologic spectrum of chronic hepatitis was seen. Because clinically occult liver disease can be histologically severe, liver biopsy is indicated when liver enzyme levels are persistently abnormal in long-term HB_sAg carriers.

(JAMA 237:50-51, 1977)

Author Affiliations
From the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Veterans Administration Hospital, Baltimore.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Hospital, 3900 Loch Raven Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21218 (Dr Sampliner).

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

Duration of Hepatitis B Surface Antigenemia (HBs Ag) in Hemodialysis Patients
Ribot et al.
Arch Intern Med 1979;139:178-180.
ABSTRACT