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Hepatitis B or non-A, non-B virus infection in multitransfused thalassaemic patients.
- Source :
- Archives of Disease in Childhood; Dec1984, Vol. 59 Issue 12, p1127-1130, 4p, 3 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 1984
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Abstract
- We undertook a four year study of 128 thalassaemic patients who had undergone several transfusions, to determine the incidence of hepatitis B virus markers and the activities of transaminases in their sera each month. The results showed that the possibility of these patients contracting hepatitis B virus infection is still high, although on only one occasion was a transient antigenaemia found, indicating low viral replication. Furthermore, the probability of contact with hepatitis B virus increases with the number of transfusions and, therefore, with age. About 25% of these patients were positive for hepatitis B markers and 80% for other hepatitis markers including the case of cytomegalovirus hepatitis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00039888
- Volume :
- 59
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 66682026
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.59.12.1127