Table 1. Clinical and pathological characteristics of the patients studied.
Disease | Number ofcases | Gender(M/F) | Age range(mean) | HCV infection(genotype 1b) | HBV infection | Alcoholism |
Hepatitis | 5 | 3/2 | 37–73(55) | 5/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 |
Cirrhosis | 5 | 2/3 | 65–75(71) | 5/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 |
Normal liver | 5 | 2/3 | 41–70(64) | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0/5 |