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INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS IN CHILDREN FOLLOW‐UP OF 300 CHILDREN
Author(s) -
HARRIS M. J.,
BEVERIDGE J.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1967.tb01718.x
Subject(s) - medicine , abnormality , hepatitis , transaminase , hepatitis a virus , pediatrics , gastroenterology , immunology , virus , psychiatry , biochemistry , chemistry , enzyme
SYNOPSIS 300 consecutive children admitted to hospital with infectious hepatitis were followed up until they had‘recovered’. One month after leaving hospital only 28% were fully recovered; the remainder still showed relevant symptoms and/or signs and/or biochemical abnormality. Symptoms and signs resolved quickly but abnormal levels of serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase persisted for up to 6 months, and an abnormal reaction to the zinc sulphate turbidity test (ZSTT) for much longer.