FAILURE TO INCRIMINATE HEPATITIS-B, HEPATITIS-C, AND HEPATITIS-E VIRUSES IN THE ETIOLOGY OF FULMINANT NON-A NON-B-HEPATITIS

Authors
MUTIMER D SHAW J NEUBERGER J SKIDMORE S MARTIN B HUBSCHER S MCMASTER P ELIAS E
Citation
D. Mutimer et al., FAILURE TO INCRIMINATE HEPATITIS-B, HEPATITIS-C, AND HEPATITIS-E VIRUSES IN THE ETIOLOGY OF FULMINANT NON-A NON-B-HEPATITIS, Gut, 36(3), 1995, pp. 433-436
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Gut → ACNP
ISSN journal
00175749
Volume
36
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
433 - 436
Database
ISI
SICI code
0017-5749(1995)36:3<433:FTIHHA>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Sporadic non-A, non-B hepatitis is the most common indication for live r transplantation in patients presenting with fulminant and subacute l iver failure. This study used serological, histological, and molecular biological techniques to examine specimens from 23 consecutive patien ts transplanted for sporadic non-A, non-B hepatitis. No evidence was f ound of hepatitis C virus, hepatitis E virus, or 'cryptic' hepatitis B virus infection.