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7418593

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
In order to ascertain the proportion of patients with biopsy-proven chronic active hepatitis who meet currently accepted criteria for immunosuppressive treatment, an analysis of 86 patients seen between 1973 and 1978 carrying this diagnosis was undertaken. Only 66 could be confirmed to have this lesion on blind histologic review. Nine of these 66 were on concomitant immunosuppressive therapy, four had inadequate documentation of chronicity, five consumed more than two ounces of alcohol daily, five had concurrent malignancy, two were prepubertal, and one had oxyphenisatin-induced disease. None of the remaining 40 patients met the biochemical criteria for disease activity. The disease was predominantly seen in asymptomatic middle-aged males and was of viral etiology. A small subgroup of elderly female patients was also identified whose disease was apparently nonviral. In conclusion, the vast majority of chronic active hepatitis seen at a large university center occurs in individuals for whom treatment guidelines have not been established.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0163-2116
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
695-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Chronic active hepatitis. Who meets treatment criteria?
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article