CLINICAL AND LABORATORY EVALUATION OF COLLAGEN TYPE III AND IV LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS AND PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

Abstract

The present study was conducted at the Bukhara Regional Infectious Diseases Hospital and involved 122 patients diagnosed with chronic hepatitis, who were treated under inpatient conditions. To provide reliable comparison, a control group of 30 healthy individuals was also examined. The main objective of the study was to determine the clinical and biochemical significance of collagen type III and type IV levels in the blood serum of patients suffering from chronic hepatitis associated with pulmonary tuberculosis.