Abstract
In the years 1980-1988 twenty five drug addicts were identified among 1841 patients hospitalized for acute hepatitis in the Dep. of Hepatology at the Institute of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases in Warsaw. 15 drug addicts had hepatitis B and 10 had hepatitis A. It was found, that the course of acute type B hepatitis was milder in drug addicts, than among control group consisting of non-addicts.
MeSH terms
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Acute Disease
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Hepatitis B / diagnosis
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Hepatitis B / epidemiology
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Hepatitis B / etiology*
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Humans
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Liver Function Tests
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Male
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Opportunistic Infections / diagnosis
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Opportunistic Infections / epidemiology
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Opportunistic Infections / etiology*
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Poland / epidemiology
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Risk Factors
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Substance-Related Disorders / complications*
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Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology