Difference between revisions of "Medical liver disease"
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==Hepatitis A== | ==Hepatitis A== | ||
*Infection is self-limited, i.e. not persistent. | *Infection is self-limited, i.e. not persistent. | ||
**May present as ''[[fulminant hepatic necrosis]]''. | |||
*Usually asymptomatic in children.<ref name=pmid20068336>{{cite journal |author=Jeong SH, Lee HS |title=Hepatitis A: clinical manifestations and management |journal=Intervirology |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=15–9 |year=2010 |pmid=20068336 |doi=10.1159/000252779 |url=}}</ref> | *Usually asymptomatic in children.<ref name=pmid20068336>{{cite journal |author=Jeong SH, Lee HS |title=Hepatitis A: clinical manifestations and management |journal=Intervirology |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=15–9 |year=2010 |pmid=20068336 |doi=10.1159/000252779 |url=}}</ref> | ||
*Serology is diagnostic. | *Serology is diagnostic. | ||