title: [Clinical characteristics and incidence in acute non A-G hepatitis].
abstract: We investigated clinical characteristics and incidence of patients with acute non-A-G hepatitis, who were all registered in 17 Japanese National Hospitals. Seven hundreds thirty-one (24.0%) of 3052 patients with sporadic acute hepatitis and 73 (21.2%) of 344 patients with posttransfusion acute hepatitis were diagnosed as acute non-ABC hepatitis. Patients with acute non-ABC hepatitis were older (Mean +/- SD, 44 +/- 15 years) and male/female ratio was 0.70. Although mean levels of liver function abnormality was generally mild, 4(1.8%) of 250 patients with acute non-ABC hepatitis were died of fulminant hepatitis.
authors.affiliation: Nagasaki Chuo National Hospital, Institute for Clinical Research.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yatsuhashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koga
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yano
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction