The clinical behaviour of by immunology unique courses of NANB hepatitis
Liehr, H.; Seelig, R.; Seelig, H.P.
Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie 20(5): 278-285
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-2771 PMID: 6125065 Document Number: 190539
By means of both immunohistology and immunodiffusion a number of 7 by definition from NANB hepatitis suffering patients were found to belong to an unique antigen-antibody system. These patients responded to NANB infection with certain similarities: 1. The course of the disease exhibited a phasic pattern since increases in SGPT activity were observed at days 47 +/-- 10, 76 +/- 14, 117 +/- 18 and 157 +/- 7. 2. Increases of Gamma-GT were found to exceed values as observed in HAV and HBV infection. Thus, Gamma-GT increases are incriminated as further characteristic of NANB hepatitis.