HOMOLOGOUS FETER LIVER CELLS FOR SEVERE VIRAL HEPATITIS: CONTROLLED TRIALS ON 30 CASES / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Fifteen patients with hepatocellular failure from viral hepatitis were treated with general combined therapy and transfusion" of homologous fetal hepatic cells (FLO for 36 times (group A). An additional 15 cases with hepatocellular failure from viral hepatitis were treated only with general combined therapy, as control (group B). Twelve cases of the group A were diagnosed by transcutaneous liver biopsy.The results showed that FLC suspension achieved satisfactory effects and those who received FLC rallied remarkably better than those who did not. The fatality rates of group A and B were 26.7% (4/15) and 60.0% (9/15) respectively. In group A after transfusion of FLC, the effects were mainly shown by the elevation of the prothrombin activity (elevated for 16.5% after 24 h and for 18.2% after 48 h in average), recovery from hepatic coma and improvement in the subjective symptoms and various hepatic function tests. In survivals of group A (11 cases), the serum bilirubin returned to normal more quickly than that of group B (5 cases), being 55.4?24.5 days and 119.7?54.9 days, respectively (P