## Abstract Twenty‐seven children with non‐A, non‐B hepatitis were studied with regard to their clinical, serologic, and histologic features. In contrast to adult patients, non‐A, non‐B hepatitis developed in most pediatric patients (19 out of 27) in the absence of identifiable parenteral exposure,
Non-A non-B hepatitis — Quandaries in serological testing and treatment
✍ Scribed by M.E. Ellis
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 450 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-4453
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