[Clinical and morphological characteristics of long-lasting cholestatic syndrome in patients with hepatitis A in the presence of HBV infection].

Long-standing cholestatic syndrome (LSCS) was diagnosed in 41 patients with hepatitis A and hepatitis A plus chronic persistent hepatitis B (HA + CPHB). Some patients had a cholestatic form of the disease. Morphological and morphometric liver parameters were measured at the height of icterus in 74 patients.

[Anabolic therapy in patients with HIV infections].

Aim: To assess effectiveness of Deka-Duraboline--preparation of anabolic steroid hormone (nandrolone decanoate)--in the treatment of weight loss in AIDS patients.

Materials And Methods: 13 AIDS patients with weight loss < 10% admitted to Moscow Center of AIDS Prevention and Treatment were given Deka-Durabolin 1 time a week 50 mg intramuscularly for 12 weeks after failure of attempts to arrest weight loss. Body mass, diarrhea, appetite and general condition (visual analogue scale) were studied.

[Clinico-morphological characteristics of intrahepatic cholestasis in hepatitis A and delta infection].

Clinical and morphological characteristics were studied for a course of acute viral hepatitis A and delta with long-term cholestatic syndrome in asymptomatic carriers of HBsAg. 149 patients with moderate disease were examined, 53 of them had long-standing cholestasis syndrome. 96 viral hepatitis patients free of cholestasis served control.