[Clinical and morphological correlations in occult hepatitis B].

Unlabelled: Occult hepatitis B (ОHB) characterized by the absence of blood HBsAg attracts the attention of specialists of different profiles; however, its clinical morphological aspects have not been practically studied.

Aim: to estimate the proportion of OHB in the structure of fatal outcomes in chronic viral hepatitis (CVH) and to characterize its clinical course and structural changes on autopsy materials.

Material And Methods: A total of 455 autopsy cases of CVH were examined for its etiology in the S.