Case Report
Complicated Hepatitis A Virus Infection: A Report of Three Cases from Single Tertiary Referral Center
Omkolsoum M Alhaddad, Maha M Elsabaawy*, Khalid A Gameel, Marwa Elfauomy, Olfat Hendy and Eman A Rewisha
Published: 30 December, 2016 | Volume 1 - Issue 1 | Pages: 014-020
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is the commonest form of acute viral hepatitis all over the world. Complicated HAV cases had been reported with evolving presentations. This is a report of three cases of non-fulminant HAV infections annotating rare non hepatic sequalae.
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DOI: 10.29328/journal.jcicm.1001003
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