Acute hepatic failure due to autoimmune hepatitis in a patient treated for hepatitis

ABSTRACT: We describe the case of a woman with chronic hepatitis C which had been diagnosed by biochemical, serological and histological criteria. She presented acute autoimmune hepatitis and acute liver failure a year after starting treatment with pegylated interferon and required orthotopic liver...

Full description

Autores:
Correa Gaviria, Simón
Espinoza Herrera, Yeinis Paola
Osorio Sandoval, Germán
Restrepo Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2013
Institución:
Universidad de Antioquia
Repositorio:
Repositorio UdeA
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/38733
Acceso en línea:
https://hdl.handle.net/10495/38733
Palabra clave:
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis Autoinmune
Hepatitis, Autoimmune
Fallo Hepático
Liver Failure
Trasplante de Hígado
Liver Transplantation
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006526
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019693
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017093
https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016031
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/co/
Description
Summary:ABSTRACT: We describe the case of a woman with chronic hepatitis C which had been diagnosed by biochemical, serological and histological criteria. She presented acute autoimmune hepatitis and acute liver failure a year after starting treatment with pegylated interferon and required orthotopic liver transplantation.