Serum hepatitis after open-heart operations
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Serum hepatitis after open-heart surgery.
Ten cases of serum hepatitis occurring after open-heart surgery at the National Heart Hospital, London are reported. The incidence seemed to be rising and was at least 2% before antigenscreened blood became available. Investigation of 135 patients for the presence of Australia antigen and antibody showed that five (3 7%) had responses to exposure to the infective agent. All were and remained cl...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1965
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)33181-2