Article
Posttransfusion hepatitis C virus infection in children.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 May 1994
Ni Y H, Chang M H, Lue H C, Hsu H Y, Wang M J, Chen P J, Chen D S
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection was investigated retrospectively and prospectively in children who had open heart surgery. The retrospective study included 196 patients who had open heart surgery 2 to 6 years before enrollment and were regularly followed. Antibody to HCV was detected in eight c...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Cardiac Surgical Procedures
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chronic Disease
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Male
- Prospective Studies
- Retrospective Studies
- Transfusion Reaction
- Viremia