Biphasic form of hepatitis A virus infection: a frequent variant in Argentina
作者:
Hugo Tanno,
Oscar H. Fay,
José A. Rojman,
Jorge Palazzi,
期刊:
Liver
(WILEY Available online 1988)
卷期:
Volume 8,
issue 1
页码: 53-57
ISSN:0106-9543
年代: 1988
DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0676.1988.tb00967.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: Argentina;biphasic hepatitis A;“cholestatic” jaundice;hepatitis A;relapsing viral hepatitis
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
ABSTRACT—In a retrospective study, we review here the clinical presentation of patients with the biphasic form of hepatitis A, a variant of viral hepatitis characterised by an increase in ALAT levels after an initial recovery in clinical condition and laboratory tests. Twenty‐one patients were diagnosed as having a biphasic form; they represent about 10% of a selected population of hepatitis A cases. Six patients were asymptomatic. Eleven patients were jaundiced, nine of them showing a “cholestatic” pattern. The second phase of the disease had a more protracted course and displayed higher ALAT levels than the first phase. The total duration of the disease was 120±28 (mean±SD) days, and its course w
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