Fulminant Hepatitis Associated with Hepatitis A Virus Superinfection in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

29 January 1998

journal article
research article
Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine

Vol. 338 (5) , 286-290
https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199801293380503

Abstract

Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection rarely causes fulminant hepatic failure in people with no underlying liver disease. There are limited data on the course of this infection in patients with chronic hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis C.

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