Long-Term Mortality after Transfusion-Associated Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis

B. Seeff, Leonard; Buskell‐Bales, Zelma; C. Wright, Elizabeth; Durako, Stephen; J. Alter, Harvey; L. Iber, Frank; Blaine Hollinger, F.; Gitnick, Gary; G. Knodell, Robert; P. Perrillo, Robert; E. Stevens, Cladd; G. Hollingsworth, Charles

doi:10.1056/nejm199212313272703

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Long-Term Mortality after Transfusion-Associated Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Dec 31, 1992

Authors:

Leonard B. Seeff

Zelma Buskell‐Bales

Elizabeth C. Wright

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Acute non-A, non-B hepatitis after blood transfusion often progresses to chronic hepatitis and sometimes culminates in cirrhosis or even hepatocellular carcinoma. However, the frequency of these sequelae and their effects on mortality are not known. METHODS: We traced patients with trans...

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Medicine

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Cirrhosis

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