Evaluation of the need for treatment on 72 subjects with anti-HBe positive chronic hepatitis B.

Background: Viral load and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels may not be the key points for making a decision in the treatment of anti-HBe positive chronic hepatitis B. The purpose of this study was to assess the histological evaluation of liver to find the need for treatment on 72 patients with anti-HBe positive chronic hepatitis B.

Methods: The liver biopsy slides of the 72 patients (56 subjects with viral load >10(5) with any ALT levels, 16 cases with viral load <10(5) copies/ml with abnormal ALT levels) were evaluated at the Department of Pathology, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Iran from April 2006 to August 2011.

HBeAg seroconversion in children infected during early childhood with hepatitis B virus.

Background: Seroconversion of hepatitis B e-antigen (HBeAg) to anti-HBe is associated with lower viral load and liver diseases.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the seroconversion rate of HBeAg to anti-HBe in children who acquired hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection during early childhood.

Study Design: From September 1990 to December 2010, 139 HBeAg-positive children were followed up.

Outcomes of 19 pregnant women with brucellosis in Babol, northern Iran.

From April 2000 to March 2010, 19 pregnant women with brucellosis were evaluated, treated and followed up. Ten (53%) pregnant women had spontaneous abortions. Six of eleven (55%) women infected in the first trimester had a spontaneous abortion.

Brucellar epididymo-orchitis: review of 53 cases in Babol, northern Iran.

From September 1998 to December 2008, 53 cases of brucellar epididymo-orchitis were treated and followed. The mean age of the patients was 35.5+/-15.