Acute Liver Failure due to Hepatitis A Virus

Acute liver failure (ALF) is a syndrome, rather than a specific disease, with several possible causes, and viral hepatitis is a major cause. The relationship between self-limited and ALF hepatitis A is still poorly understood. A 45-year-old woman presented to our hospital with ALF diagnosis (from an...

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Autores principales: Reem Shammout, Turki Alhassoun, Fadi Rayya
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f5ac94854c374ac39fc749b1d952d4f22021-11-25T07:47:19ZAcute Liver Failure due to Hepatitis A Virus1662-063110.1159/000514393https://doaj.org/article/f5ac94854c374ac39fc749b1d952d4f22021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/514393https://doaj.org/toc/1662-0631Acute liver failure (ALF) is a syndrome, rather than a specific disease, with several possible causes, and viral hepatitis is a major cause. The relationship between self-limited and ALF hepatitis A is still poorly understood. A 45-year-old woman presented to our hospital with ALF diagnosis (from another hospital). She suffered from hospital-acquired pneumonia. The patient recovered within 4 weeks and returned to her normal life after 6 months of follow-up.Reem ShammoutTurki AlhassounFadi RayyaKarger Publishersarticleacute liver failurefulminant hepatitishepatitis ahospital-acquired pneumoniaDiseases of the digestive system. GastroenterologyRC799-869ENCase Reports in Gastroenterology, Vol 15, Iss 3, Pp 927-932 (2021)
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topic acute liver failure
fulminant hepatitis
hepatitis a
hospital-acquired pneumonia
Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
RC799-869
spellingShingle acute liver failure
fulminant hepatitis
hepatitis a
hospital-acquired pneumonia
Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
RC799-869
Reem Shammout
Turki Alhassoun
Fadi Rayya
Acute Liver Failure due to Hepatitis A Virus
description Acute liver failure (ALF) is a syndrome, rather than a specific disease, with several possible causes, and viral hepatitis is a major cause. The relationship between self-limited and ALF hepatitis A is still poorly understood. A 45-year-old woman presented to our hospital with ALF diagnosis (from another hospital). She suffered from hospital-acquired pneumonia. The patient recovered within 4 weeks and returned to her normal life after 6 months of follow-up.
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author Reem Shammout
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Fadi Rayya
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title Acute Liver Failure due to Hepatitis A Virus
title_short Acute Liver Failure due to Hepatitis A Virus
title_full Acute Liver Failure due to Hepatitis A Virus
title_fullStr Acute Liver Failure due to Hepatitis A Virus
title_full_unstemmed Acute Liver Failure due to Hepatitis A Virus
title_sort acute liver failure due to hepatitis a virus
publisher Karger Publishers
publishDate 2021
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