[Hepatitis A, B, and non-A, non-B. Epidemiologic, clinical and differential immunologic aspects].
The results of a clinical and epidemiological investigation on the differential characters of hepatitis A, hepatitis B and hepatitis non-A, non-B (NANB) are reported. A more accurate nosological definition of NANB hepatitis has showed the following characters: on incubation period intermediate between hepatitis A and hepatitis B; transmission similar to hepatitis B; onset of the disease and clinical features similar to hepatitis A; jaundice of lower intensity than hepatitis A; lower IgM levels than hepatitis A; a remarkable tendency to evolve towards chronic liver disease, higher than hepatitis A and hepatitis B.
D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000635:transmission; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000473:pathology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000473:pathology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D002679:Pan troglodytes
D007075:Immunoglobulin M
Epatite A, B e non-A, non-B. Aspetti epidemiologici, clinici ed immunologici differnziali.