The long term outcome of thirty eight post-transfusion hepatitis C.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-41726
ABSTRACT
Thirty-eight cases of post-transfustion HCV hepatitis have been followed for 5-24 years. Cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma were found in 44.7 per cent and 13.1 per cent respectively. Cirrhosis was recognised by pathological evidence as early as one and a half years after transfusion and the clinical evidences of decompensated cirrhosis were noted in the fifth year post-transfusion onward. Hepatocellular carcinoma was first recognised in year ten and thereafter. Nine patients died of liver failure or hepatocellular carcinoma during years 8-16 of the follow-up. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to screen out the HCV infected blood donors and to treat the HCV patients as early and as effectively as possible.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Thailand
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Time Factors
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Severity of Illness Index
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Blood Transfusion
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Survival Analysis
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Incidence
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Incidence study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
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