title: [Acute hepatitis in childhood. Study of 96 cases and 1-year follow-up].
abstract: Authors studied 96 children, 56 boys and 40 girls, aged 1 to 16 years, with acute viral hepatitis. 53 patients were diagnosed of hepatitis a virus (HAV) detecting antibodies to HAV of the IgM class; 11 patients were diagnosed of hepatitis B virus (HBV) detecting serologic markers; 32 patients were diagnosed of non A-non B hepatitis. There were no serologic evidence of infection with cytomegalovirus and Epstein-barr virus. They report an analytical and clinical comparative study of acute viral hepatitis, and their evolution during a year, not finding any significative statistic difference. Two patients with HBV remained chronically infected.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology*; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Hepatitis aguda en la infancia. Estudio de 96 casos y seguimiento durante un año.