posttransfusion hepatitis
- posttransfusion hepatitis
- viral hepatitis transmitted via transfusion of blood or blood products, especially multiple pooled donor products such as clotting factor concentrates. The first cases were all hepatitis B, but now most are hepatitis C. Called also transfusion h.
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