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In patients with chronic HCV, the annual incidence rate of HCC appeared to increase as the follow-up period progressed. According to the results of the current study, the factors that independently affected the development of HCC were age, habitual heavy drinking, and histologic staging.

A very convenient classification of the causes of cholelithiasis is that of Gumprecht (Deutsch. Med. Woch., 1895, 224). He divides them into : first, physical, such as age and sex; second, as sequel\l=oe\ of other diseases; third, chemic alterations in the com-