- Title
- Jaundice in adult Zambians: a clinico-pathological correlation
- Creator
- Bhagwandeen, S. B.; Obineche, E. N.; Mistry, C. M.; Mistry, R. R.
- Relation
- Medical Journal of Zambia Vol. 9, Issue 1, p. 14-20
- Relation
- https://www.ajol.info/index.php/mjz
- Publisher
- Zambia Medical Association
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 1975
- Description
- Jaundice is a common clinical presentation in the adult medical wards of the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka. Fifty consecutive patients presenting with jaundice were studied and a clinico-pathological correlation attempted by liver biopsy (postmortem in three cases). Acute viral hepatitis was the commonest cause of jaundice. The later complications of chronic aggressive hepatitis, post-necrotic cirrhosis and hepatoma also formed an impressive group. There was a rather large group classed as "toxic hepatitis" which included jaundice associated with severe lobar pneumonia and drug jaundice including African herbal intoxication.
- Subject
- viral hepatitis; bilirubin; haematology; East Africa
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1391993
- Identifier
- uon:33318
- Identifier
- ISSN:0047-651X
- Rights
- Copyright © 1975 Medical Journal of Zambia.
- Language
- eng
- Full Text
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