Open AccessA Case Report of Hepatitis E Infection Leading to Acute Liver Failure and Transplantation
Author(s) -
P. Paskaran,
A Murugananthan,
Vijay Manglam,
Jorge Arnold,
Arabinda Pal
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
clinical medicine case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1178-6450
DOI - 10.4137/ccrep.s845
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , liver failure , acute hepatitis , hepatitis , hepatitis e , acute hepatic failure , intensive care medicine , immunology , transplantation , biochemistry , genotype , gene , chemistry
Historically, Hepatitis E infection has been thought to follow a benign clinical course. We report a case of Acute Hepatitis E infection in a non-pregnant female, resulting in the development of Acute Liver Failure necessitating a liver transplant.
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