Infectious Hepatitis with Subacute Atrophy of the Liver

Abstract

AN unusual and serious epidemic of infectious hepatitis has been present in Denmark since 1944. It differs from epidemics previously described in that the course has been extremely malignant and the disease, which is usually fatal, occurs almost exclusively in women after the menopause.In 1945 attention was called to this form of hepatitis in Denmark,¹ and several other observers have had similar experiences.^{2 3 4} Since in most patients the disease progresses in a characteristic and uniform manner, the symptoms by which it has generally been manifested in our department are described below.As a rule the patient is an elderly . . .