Dissertation submitted for obtain the degree of Ph. D., to the University of Birmingham, under supervision Dr. K. Fostor
Hepatitis E is an enterically transmitted acute viral hepatitis, etiologically associated with a recently characterized virus, the hepatitis E virus (HEV). Outbreaks mainly occur in developing countries and as sporadic cases in endemic regions. The authors present the first serological assessment in northern Portugal to assess the presence of anti HEV IgG, using the Elisa test, the EIA and HEV Abbott, in sample...
A case of a 44 years old patient with inoperable gastric adenocarcinoma and exuberant lesions of Acanthosis Nigricans is described. He died nine months after the diagnosis, having experienced disappearance of the cutaneous manifestations after the cytostatic treatment done. The literature about Acanthosis Nigricans is reviewed and the importance of precocious search of associated malign disease is stressed. It ...
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