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Provedor de dados: | 55
País: | Brazil
Título: | Acute liver failure complicating viral hepatitis A
Autores: | Diniz-Santos,Daniel Rui; Melo,Maria Clotildes Nunes de; Melo,Rita Franca; Silva,Luciana Rodrigues.
Data: | 2004-04-01
Ano: | 2004
Palavras-chave: | Hepatitis A; Acute liver failure; Children.
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.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/report
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702004000200009
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1590/S1413-86702004000200009
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.8 n.2 2004
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess