%0 Journal Article
%T Diagnostic Accuracy of Serological Markers in Viral Hepatitis and Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. A Comparative Study in Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Nepal
%A Ankush Mittal
%A Brijesh Sathian
%A Nishida Chandrasekharan
%A Akshay Lekhi
%A Shamim Mohammad Farooqui
%A Naresh Pandey
%J Nepal Journal of Epidemiology
%P 60-63
%D 2011
%I International Nepal Epidemiological Association (INEA)
%R 10.3126/nje.v1i2.5137
%X Background:£¿Liver diseases is apparently increasing and emerging as a major public health problem. Worldwide,£¿ chronic hepatitis B has£¿ become£¿ the tenth leading cause of death£¿ and£¿ persons infected with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), are about 350 million and£¿ 125 million respectively. The aim of current retrospective comparative study was concerned primarily to evaluate the significance of non invasive serological markers for diagnosing liver diseases and their predictive implications in Pokhara valley.
%K Viral hepatitis
%K Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
%K Nepal.
%U http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/NJE/article/view/5137