[Clinical features of acute hepatitis G].
Fifty-one patients with acute A, B, C, and non A-C hepatitis were studied. Alcoholic abusers and drug-induced hepatitis were excluded from non A-C hepatitis. Among 10 patients with acute non A-C hepatitis, 3 were positive for HGV-RNA by nested RT-PCR as primer of 5' non-coding region of HGV. Maximal s-ALT values in acute hepatitis G patients were significantly higher than those in acute hepatitis C(p < 0.05), but not different from those in acute hepatitis A and B. Although HGV-RNA was demonstrated after 9 years of onset of hepatitis in one patient, non of three patients took chronic course. In one patient, route of transmission was assumed to be blood transfusion.
Hayashi
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Department of Gastroenterology, International Medical Center of Japan.
Fukushima
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Abe
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Masaki
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Umeda
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D018067:Flaviviridae / Q000235:genetics; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000097:blood; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
D015415:Biomarkers; D012367:RNA, Viral