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[Drug addicts' liver]
Aim:
To assess condition of the liver in drug abusers.
Materials And Methods:
Clinicobiochemical, immunological, virological and morphological hepatic tests were made in 144 patients with different forms of drug addiction.
Results:
Hepatic diseases are rather common in drug addicts. They have some specific clinical features: weak clinical symptoms and laboratory ++indications, high incidence of viral hepatitides markers, repeated infection, initially absent definite evidence on immunological status disturbance, predominant morphologically inactive forms. Symptoms of hepatic disorders were found both in the period of active abuse and in abstinence.
Conclusion:
Young people with psychopathological behavior should be examined and followed up for detection of drug addiction and concomitant liver diseases.