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81Vaccination, hepatitis A — 1. When immediate protection against hepatitis A (infectious hepatitis) is needed, immunoglobulins are used. Protection is effective only if given within 2 weeks of exposure and lasts but 2 4 months. Immunoglobulins can be used to protect… …
82infectious hepatitis — noun an acute but benign form of viral hepatitis caused by an RNA virus that does not persist in the blood serum and is usually transmitted by ingesting food or drink that is contaminated with fecal matter (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑hepatitis A •… …
83Autoimmune hepatitis — Classification and external resources Micrograph showing a lymphoplasmacytic interface hepatitis the characteristic histomorphologic finding of autoimmune hepatitis. Liver biopsy. H …
84serum hepatitis — noun an acute (sometimes fatal) form of viral hepatitis caused by a DNA virus that tends to persist in the blood serum and is transmitted by sexual contact or by transfusion or by ingestion of contaminated blood or other bodily fluids • Syn:… …
85virus hepatitis — virus hepatitis, = viral hepatitis. (Cf. ↑viral hepatitis) …
86Immunization, hepatitis A — When immediate protection against hepatitis A (infectious hepatitis) is needed, immunoglobulins are used. Protection is effective only if given within 2 weeks of exposure and lasts but 2 4 months. Immunoglobulins can be used to protect household… …
87inoculation hepatitis — 1. any type of viral hepatitis spread by inoculations or injections, most commonly hepatitis B or hepatitis C. 2. former name for hepatitis B …
88non-A non-B hepatitis — former name for types of acute viral hepatitis that lacked the serologic markers of hepatitis A or B, now identified as hepatitis C and hepatitis E …
89chronic persistent hepatitis — chronic persisting hepatitis a chronic, nonprogressive inflammatory process affecting primarily the portal areas without producing fibrosis, necrosis, or cirrhosis, an uncommon sequel of one of the forms of viral hepatitis. It may be asymptomatic …
90Virus-Hepatitis — (f) eng viral hepatitis, infectious hepatitis, VH …
