HEPATITIS-B SURFACE-ANTIGEN IN TEARS AND AQUEOUS-HUMOR - A COMPARATIVE-STUDY OF SERUM HEPATITIS-B SURFACE-ANTIGEN LEVELS
OPHTHALMOLOGICA, cilt.204, sa.1, ss.19-22, 1992 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 204 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 1992
- Doi Numarası: 10.1159/000310261
- Dergi Adı: OPHTHALMOLOGICA
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.19-22
- Anahtar Kelimeler: HEPATITIS-B SURFACE ANTIGEN, TEARS, AQUEOUS HUMOR, SERUM
- Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Tear samples of 20 patients who were determined to have positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) after an acute hepatitis B infection and aqueous humor samples of 10 patients who were HBsAg carriers were tested for HBsAg, and the results obtained for serum and these fluids were compared. In 85% of the 20 patients who were HBsAg positive, HBsAg was found to be positive in tear samples. In 50% of the other 10 patients in aqueous humor was also found to be HBsAg positive. Our findings show that tears and aqueous humor are important in the spreading of hepatitis B infections.