in a series of 221 patients with various liver diseases studied in iraq using counterimmunoelectrophoresis and passive haemagglutination techniques , hbsag was detected in 40.8 per cent of cases with acute viral hepatitis , in 40 per cent in cryptogenic cirrhosis , in 50 per cent in chronic hepatitis , in 100 per cent in active cirrhosis and 71.4 per cent in hepatoma .
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liver diseases
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cirrhosis