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Posttransfusion hepatitis. A prospective study |
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| Authors: | C Villarreal-Urenda C Cano-Domínguez V Zamalloa-Torres L Ruiz-Maya F Olivares-López |
| Affiliation: | Centro Médico La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. |
| Abstract: | This prospective study was carried out on thirty patients transfused with blood or blood products, by ten (33.3%) posttransfusion hepatitis was diagnosed; this is 15.75 cases per 1,000 U transfused. Four patients developed jaundice; six remained asymptomatic. In nine patients (90%) non-A, non-B hepatitis was diagnosed and one (10%) case was classified as hepatitis B. Two patients with non-A, non-B hepatitis developed chronic hepatitis, corroborated through percutaneous liver biopsy. |
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