First report of chronic hepatitis E in renal transplant recipients in Portugal.
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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection can be responsible for chronic hepatitis in immunocompromised patients, and can rapidly evolve into fibrosis and/or hepatic cirrhosis. We present two cases of chronic hepatitis E, emphasizing the need to be aware of this entity as a growing etiology of hepatitis in transplant and immunocompromised patients.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of infection in developing countries
دوره 8 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014