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| Provedor de dados: |
BJID
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Acute liver failure complicating viral hepatitis A
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| Autores: |
Diniz-Santos,Daniel Rui
Melo,Maria Clotildes Nunes de
Melo,Rita Franca
Silva,Luciana Rodrigues
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| Data: |
2004-04-01
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| Ano: |
2004
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| Palavras-chave: |
Hepatitis A
Acute liver failure
Children
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| Resumo: |
Hepatitis A is one of the most frequent infectious liver diseases affecting children worldwide. The disease is usually mild and self-limited, and complications are very rare. Nevertheless, hepatitis A can sometimes cause acute liver failure (ALF), a severe, life-threatening condition. Herein is reported a case of a child who presented ALF during a course of hepatitis A. The need for early identification of possible ALF cases among hepatitis A patients, and for effective ways of evaluating such a possibility, are discussed. We also emphasize the importance of prevention measures, especially vaccination.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/report
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702004000200009
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| Editor: |
Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1413-86702004000200009
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases v.8 n.2 2004
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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