title: Some sex- and age-dependent correlations in acute viral hepatitis.
abstract: HBsAg was found to be present in 28.7% of 1980 sera from acute viral hepatitis (AVH) patients tested by immunodiffusion and counterimmunoelectrophoresis. The incidence of HBsAg-positive AVH cases was lower in female subjects aged 10-19 years. The follow up of SGPT, bilirubinemia and thymol turbidity kinetics in 473 of the patients revealed some HBsAg-dependent differences. Such differences oscillated more markedly in adults than in children and were less obvious in women. The possible involvement of certain individual factors in the determinism of hepatitis B virus infection and of its further evolution is suggested.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012383:Romania; D012737:Sex Factors; D000637:Transaminases / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens; D000637:Transaminases; D001663:Bilirubin