Infectious hepatitis in infants and small children; the clinical and laboratory picture, with special reference to the nonicteric form
| Autor: | Miles E. Drake, Joseph Stokes, Elizabeth H. Mills, Richard H. Ettinger, Alfred M. Bennett, Richard B. Capps |
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| Rok vydání: | 1955 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics Cirrhosis Disease Communicable Diseases Hepatitis Epidemiology medicine Humans Child business.industry Small children Outbreak Infant Viral Vaccines General Medicine Jaundice Hepatitis A medicine.disease Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Immunology Liver function medicine.symptom business Laboratories |
| Zdroj: | A.M.A. American journal of diseases of children. 89(6) |
| ISSN: | 2374-2941 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION It is well established that infectious hepatitis may occur in infants and small children,* although it is considered rare at this age.† Relatively few cases have been reported, and while the clinical picture and course of the disease are reasonably well known, the laboratory findings have not been well documented. According to most observers, the disease in this age group is unusually mild, transitory, and without sequelae.‡ On the other hand, persistent and progressive cases § and fatalities ∥ have been reported. In addition, evidence has been presented that in infants and small children cirrhosis of the liver may sometimes develop as a result of viral hepatitis.¶ Whether the infectious hepatitis strain of virus is involved in such cases has not been definitely determined. Regarding the nonicteric form of the disease in infants and small children, practically nothing is known beyond the fact that it occurs. A few cases |
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