Title of article
Letter to Editor: Hepatitis A in children at Amirkola Children's Hospital, Northern Iran; experience for a decade
Author/Authors
Mehrabani, Sanaz Non-Communicable Pediatric Diseases Research Center - Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol , Esmaeili Dooki, Mohammad Reza Non-Communicable Pediatric Diseases Research Center - Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol
Pages
2
From page
362
To page
363
Abstract
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the
Picornaviridae family that is the most common form of acute viral hepatitis
worldwide with around 1.5 million clinical cases each year, but the rate is
apparently ten folds higher because of underreporting [1, 2]. The clinical spectrum of
HAV infection ranges from asymptomatic to sever hepatitis A [3]. Severe hepatic
damage can lead to acute liver failure (fulminant hepatitis) and death in some
subjects, which is strongly dependent on the age of the patients [4, 5].
Keywords
Hepatitis A , virus (HAV) , RNA virus , Picornaviridae family
Journal title
Caspian Journal of Pediatrics
Serial Year
2019
Record number
2501125
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