Complicated Hepatitis A Virus Infection: A Report of Three Cases from Single Tertiary Referral Center

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Omkolsoum M Alhaddad
Maha M Elsabaawy
Khalid A Gameel
Marwa Elfauomy
Olfat Hendy
Eman A Rewisha

Abstract

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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Alhaddad, O. M., Elsabaawy, M. M., Gameel, K. A., Elfauomy, M., Hendy, O., & Rewisha, E. A. (2016). Complicated Hepatitis A Virus Infection: A Report of Three Cases from Single Tertiary Referral Center. Journal of Clinical Intensive Care and Medicine, 1(1), 014–020. https://doi.org/10.29328/journal.jcicm.1001003
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