早就认为,慢性酒精性肝病的病因中包括乙型肝炎病毒。近来,Mills等提供的资料提示乙型肝炎感染可能是嗜酒病人发展成慢性肝病的一个突出因素。为了验证这一论述,作者研究了经肝脏活检证实的,伴有肝脂肪变性和肝硬化的慢性酒精中毒病人中,抗HBs、乙型肝炎核心抗原(抗HBc)抗体的存在情况。此外,由于乙型肝炎病毒大多数并非经肠道感染,作 It has long been thought that the causes of chronic alcoholic liver disease include hepatitis B virus. Recently, information provided by Mills et al. Suggests that hepatitis B infection may be a prominent factor in the development of chronic liver disease in alcoholic patients. To validate this statement, the authors studied the presence of anti-HBs and hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) antibodies in chronic alcoholic patients confirmed by liver biopsy and associated with steatosis and cirrhosis. In addition, most of the hepatitis B virus is not caused by intestinal infection