Acute liver failure in dengue haemorrhagic fever
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Dengue fever with acute liver failure.
A virus belonging to the Flaviviridae group causes dengue haemorrhagic fever. Dengue presenting as acute liver failure is rare. Dengue is endemic in India. The last epidemic of dengue occurred in Delhi in 2003. During this epidemic, 2185 confirmed cases of dengue were reported. Dengue virus serotypes 2 and 3 were responsible for this epidemic. A 19-yr-old male presented to our hospital with the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2015-209443