A case of type II autoimmune hepatitis induced by hepatitis A virus infection
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Autoimmune hepatitis induced by the prolonged hepatitis A virus infection.
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis in the world. Rarely, acute infection may persist for a long time. Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) may provide anti-HAV IgM positivity detection for a prolonged time. On the other hand, HAV as an infectious agent may also trigger AIH. Here we presented a case which seemed like a simple acute viral hepatitis A infection at the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Kanzo
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0451-4203,1881-3593
DOI: 10.2957/kanzo.52.503