FGF2 and hepatitis A virus infection: FGF-2 correlated with each of grade (r = 0.603, p = 0.013) (Figure 3a, Table 4), stage (r = 0.721, p = 0.002) (Figure 3b, Table 4) and ductular reaction (r = 0.684, p = 0.004) (Figure 3c, Table 4) in hepatitis cases.