title: Post-transfusion hepatitis: fatal outcome in two cases with underlying alcoholic liver disease.
abstract: Two patients with underlying alcoholic liver disease who were doing well before receiving multiple blood transfusions for gastrointestinal bleeding died after developing post-transfusion hepatitis (PTH). This hepatitis was associated with an uncharacteristic disparity between transaminase levels.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
chemical_list: D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase