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Background: Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is a widespread disease with no specific treatment. Objectives: In the present study, we investigated the effects of vitamin E in the treatment of acute HAV infection in children. Methods: This clinical trial study was conducted on 142 patients with acute HAV infection referred to Amir-Al-Momenin Hospital of Zabol during February 2016-August 2017. The patients were randomly divided into two groups of intervention (Vit E, n = 71) and control (no medication, n = 71). Liver enzymes were monitored during a six-month period. Results: The mean ages of the patients were 8.4 ± 2.5 and 9 ± 4.3 years in the control and intervention groups, respectively. Male participants constituted 36 (50.7%) and 35 (49.3%) in the control and intervention groups, respectively. In both the treatment and control groups, aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) significantly decreased over six months during the study (P &lt; 0.001). AST level (IU/L) was significantly lower in the children who received vitamin E than controls at one-month (P = 0.01), two-month (P = 0.002), three-month (P = 0.005), four-month (P &lt; 0.001), and six-month (P = 0.002) post-treatment periods. There was no significant difference comparing ALT between the intervention and control groups except for two months post-treatment (P = 0.01). Conclusions: Our study showed that the administration of vitamin E in children with acute hepatitis A can accelerate liver enzyme normalization.

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Accelerating Effects of Vitamin E Supplementation on Liver Enzyme Normalization in Children with Acute Hepatitis A Infection; a Single-Blinded Clinical Trial