Hepatoma and HAA

Letters, Comments, and Corrections1 January 1972Hepatoma and HAABURTON D. TEPFER, M.D.BURTON D. TEPFER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-76-1-145_3 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: In the March 1971 issue Denison, Peters, and Reynolds reported on a family with hepatoma, one member of which had a hepatitis-associated antigen (HAA) present. I should like to report another (third) brother of those previously described, who also died of hepatoma at age 33 and who also was found to have a positive HAA.D.B. a 33-year-old black man, was admitted to San Francisco General Hospital on 18 May 1970 complaining of right flank pain of 3 months' duration, with weight loss, increasing abdominal girth, and loss of taste for cigarettes. The patient denied jaundice, dark...References1. VYAS G and SHULMAN N: Hemagglutination assay for antigen and antibody associated with viral hepatitis. Science 170:332-333, 1970 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. SUTNICK A, LONDON W, and BLUMBERG B: Australia antigen: a genetic basis for chronic liver disease and hepatoma? Ann Intern Med 74:442-444, 1971 LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: BURTON D. TEPFER, M.D.Affiliations: University of California San Francisco Medical Center San Francisco, Calif. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byFamilial clustering of hepatocellular carcinoma in HBsAg-positive patients in the United StatesClustering of hepatocellular carcinoma in Alaska Native familiesHepatitis B Virus and Hepatocellular CarcinomaMaternal transmission of hepatocellular carcinomaHepatitis B virus and primary hepatocellular carcinoma: Family studies in KoreaEvidence for clustering of hepatitis B virus infection in families of patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma 1 January 1972Volume 76, Issue 1Page: 145-146KeywordsAbdominal painAntigensHepatocellular carcinomaTasteWeight loss ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1972 PDF downloadLoading ...