... positive in 29 patients and negative in 25 patients. Patients with fattyliver, viral hepatitis C, a history of alcohol abuse, or autoimmune disorders such as autoimmune hepatitis andprimary biliary ... Degertekin H, Yildiz F, Celik Y: Markers of disease activ-ity in chronic hepatitis B virus infection. Clin Invest Med 2003,26:27-34.19. Sakugawa H, Nakasone H, Nakayoshi T, Kawakami Y, Yamashiro ... patients [34,35]. High viral load of HBV is associated with higher mortality and morbidity in cirrhotic patients in consequence of high occurrence or recurrence rate of HCC [36,37]. Lamivudine is...