HIGH PREVALENCE OF ANTIBODY TO HEPATITIS-C VIRUS IN MULTITRANSFUSED HEMOPHILIACS WITH NORMAL TRANSAMINASE LEVELS

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作者
RUMI, MG
COLOMBO, M
GRINGERI, A
MANNUCCI, PM
机构
[1] A BIANCHI BONOMI HEMOPHILIA & THROMBOSIS CTR, VIA PACE 9, I-20122 MILAN, ITALY
[2] UNIV MILAN, I-20122 MILAN, ITALY
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10.7326/0003-4819-112-5-379
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
The presence of the antibody to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV), the major causative agent of parenterally transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis, was studied in 236 consecutive hemophiliacs followed with annual liver function tests for 10 years. A very high proportion of hemophiliacs are infected with HCV, even those for whom liver involvement would not be diagnosed on the basis of alanine aminotransferase alterations.
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