[Liver diseases and pregnancy].

221 from 161,674 pregnant women had been hospitalized because of suspicion of virus hepatitis. That is a frequency of 1.4%o. Confirmation of diagnosis was made by histology in 18.5 per cent. The rate of low birth weight infants of 24.2 per cent and the frequency of 13.4 per cent of obstetric operations refer for a diminished placental function. Questions of diagnostics and the course of pregnancy in the combination of liver diseases and pregnancy are discussed.