[Behavior of immunoglobulins in non-A/non-B hepatitis--a contribution to prognostic evaluation]

It is reported on immunoglobulin long-term courses in 107 female patients with non-A/non-B-hepatitis. There were statistically significant differences between the group with healing (n = 35) and the group with chronic persisting hepatitis (n = 70) in the IgG- and IgA-values. The immunoglobulin courses in the chronic aggressive hepatitides (n = 2) were not statistically evaluated on account of the small number of cases. It is concluded (in analogy to the investigations of the behaviour of immunoglobulins in hepatitis B) that particularly the IgG course analysis is suitable to reveal the chronification of the non-A/non-B-hepatitis prognostically with high probability.