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. 1980 Aug 9;123(3):181–184.

Hepatitis non-A, non-B.

C V Feinman, B Berris, J C Sinclair, D Wrobel
PMCID: PMC1704713  PMID: 6790149

Abstract

Evidence for the existence of hepatitis non-A, non-B includes epidemiologic data and results of transmission studies indicating the presence of hepatitis that could not be explained by known causative agents. The diagnosis is suggested in patients who have multiple episodes of acute hepatitis or who contract hepatitis after transfusion, hemodialysis or drug abuse. Sporadic cases are common. Three such cases are described to illustrate that the disease is clinically indistinguishable from hepatitis A or B. The diagnosis is based on the absence of serologic markers of hepatitis A and B and of infection by Epstein-Barr virus and cytomegalovirus, or on serologic evidence of previous infection with hepatitis A and B.

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