PREVALENCE AND NATURE OF HEPATIC DISTURBANCE FOLLOWING ACUTE VIRAL HEPATITIS WITH JAUNDICE
Authors: J R NEEFE, J M GAMBESCIA, C H KURTZ, H D SMITH, G W BEEBE, S JABLON, J G REINHOLD, S C WILLIAMS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Article1 July 1955PREVALENCE AND NATURE OF HEPATIC DISTURBANCE FOLLOWING ACUTE VIRAL HEPATITIS WITH JAUNDICEJOHN R. NEEFE, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH M. GAMBESCIA, M.D., CHARLES H. KURTZ, M.D., HUGO DUNLAP SMITH, M.D., GILBERT W. BEEBE, Ph.D., SEYMOUR JABLON, M.A., JOHN G. REINHOLD, Ph.D., S. CLAY WILLIAMS, M.D.JOHN R. NEEFE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, JOSEPH M. GAMBESCIA, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, CHARLES H. KURTZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HUGO DUNLAP SMITH, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, GILBERT W. BEEBE, Ph.D.Search for more papers by this author, SEYMOUR JABLON, M.A.Search for more papers by this author, JOHN G. REINHOLD, Ph.D.Search for more papers by this author, S. CLAY WILLIAMS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-43-1-1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe apparent initiation of chronic liver disease by acute illnesses presumed to be acute viral hepatitis now has been observed sufficiently often to warrant serious consideration of this infection as a potential cause of chronic liver disease.1-8bHowever, the exact nature of this relationship, the frequency with which chronic hepatic disease is initiated by acute viral hepatitis, and the factors responsible for this presumed sequence of events have not been well defined. Because of the high incidence of acute viral hepatitis in the military services during recent years and of the availability of facilities organized by the National Research Council...Bibliography1. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Presented at the Thirty-sixth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 26, 1955.From the Gastro-Intestinal Section of the Medical Clinic, the Department of Medicine, the Department of Pediatrics, and the William Pepper Laboratory of Clinical Medicine, Hospital and Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania; and from the Division of Medical Sciences, National Research Council.This investigation was carried out under contracts between the Veterans Administration and the University of Pennsylvania, and the Veterans Administration and the National Research Council. This is a report from one of the three centers (Minneapolis, New Orleans and Philadelphia) collaborating in a study supported by the Veterans Administration under the program of medical follow-up studies organized by the NRC Committee on Veterans Medical Problems.†Represents work done as a National Research Council Senior Fellow in the Medical Sciences (1946-49). 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