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Twenty-seven cases of fulminant hepatitis in children were retrospectively analyzed. The overall
survival rate was 11%. The interval between onset of encephalopathy and death, and that between
jaundice and death were 2-26 days (median 4 days), 4-61 days (median 14 days), respectively.
HBs antigenemia was detected in 24%, HAV IgM was negative in 5 patients tested, and 4 cases
were suspected as non-A, non-B... |