title: [Posttransfusion hepatitis. A prospective study].
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.
authors.affiliation: Centro Médico La Raza, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Villarreal-Urenda
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cano-Domínguez
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zamalloa-Torres
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Maya
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Olivares-López
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
vernacular_title: Hepatitis post transfusión. Estudio prospectivo.