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| Giolo,Marcel Padovani; Oliveira,Christiane Minervino de; Bertolini,Dennis Armando; Lonardoni,Maria Valdrinez Campana; Gouveia,Matheus Sampaio; Netto,Daisy Pontes; Nixdorf,Suzana Lucy; Machinski Junior,Miguel. |
| Exposure to aflatoxins (AFs) in the diet may favour the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the acute exacerbation of hepatitis in chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers. Measurement of biomarkers such as aflatoxin M1 (AFM1), a metabolite of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), in urine allows for the assessment of populations exposed to aflatoxins. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of aflatoxin M1 in the urine of HBV carrier and non-carrier patients. One group included 43 randomly selected HBV carriers treated at two hospitals in the city of Maringa, Brazil, from March to June 2008. Control group consisted of 29 healthy adult volunteers with anti-HBs positive and HBsAg negative test results. Detection of AFM1 was performed by... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Aflatoxins; Biomarkers; Hepatitis B; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Urina/análise toxicológica; Epidemiology. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502012000300011 |
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