An ultrastructural study of liver explants from infants with vertically transmitted hepatitis

• Published in: Experimental and molecular pathology Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 113 - 126
• Main Authors: Dunn, Alfred E.G., Peters, Robert L., Schweitzer, Irvin L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.08.1973
• Subjects: Biopsy; Cell Nucleus - microbiology; Child, Preschool; Culture Techniques; Cytoplasm - microbiology; Female; Hepatitis B - microbiology; Hepatitis B - pathology; Hepatitis Viruses - isolation & purification; Humans; Infant; Liver - microbiology; Liver - pathology; Male; Maternal-Fetal Exchange; Microscopy, Electron; Pregnancy; Virus Replication

Liver biopsy specimens were taken from three infants whose mothers had acute hepatitis-B-antigen-positive (HB-Ag-positive) viral hepatitis within 2 mo of delivery. The biopsy specimens were taken at 11, 28, and 27 mo of age, all three infants having developed chronic HB-antigenemia within 3 mo after...