[Aspects of viral hepatitis in patients over 60 years of age].
78 acute viral hepatitis (VH) cases were seen from 1971 to 1985 in patients over 60. Virus A, B, B-Delta and non-A, non-B are, respectively, responsible for 11.5, 23.1, 5.1 and 60.3% of the cases. Severe outcome occurs in 10.3%. Early in the course of VH, the risk of progression to cirrhosis concerns 1/18 VHB, 3/4 VHD, 8/47 VH NA NB. But the long-term prognosis is not so poor as stated in previous studies.
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
Aspects des hépatites virales chez les malades de plus de 60 ans.