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Thromb Haemost 1975; 33(03): 610-616
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1647856
International Committee on Thrombosis and Haemostasis Task Force
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Post-transfusion Hepatitis Following the Use of Prothrombin Complex Concentrates[*] [**]

Harold R Roberts
1   Departments of Medicine and Pathology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
,
Philip M Blatt
1   Departments of Medicine and Pathology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
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Received 13 July 1974

Accepted 02 January 1975

Publication Date:
02 July 2018 (online)

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Summary

The incidence of post-transfusion hepatitis in patients receiving concentrates containing the prothrombin complex factors is reviewed. A survey of the literature indicates a high incidence of hepatitis in such patients.

* Presented by Dr. Roberts at the XX Annual Meeting of the International Committee on Thrombosis and Haemostasis in Basel, Switzerland, September 8-11 1974.


** Task Force Report.


 

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