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Fulminant liver failure from acute autochthonous hepatitis E in France: description of seven patients with acute hepatitis E and encephalopathy.

Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 May 2007

Péron J M, Bureau C, Poirson H, Mansuy J M, Alric L, Selves J, Dupuis E, Izopet J, Vinel J P

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Fulminant hepatitis E has not been well characterized in industrialized countries. The aim of this study was to prospectively describe patients with acute hepatitis E presenting as fulminant hepatic failure, i.e. with encephalopathy and prothrombin index <50%. Between February 1997 and April 2005, seven patients with encephalopathy were diagnosed with acute hepatitis E using viral RNA detection. These patients...

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PMID: 17439518
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2007.00858.x

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