LEARNING OBJECTIVES After completion of this chapter individuals should be able to: 1 Define hepatitis and its symptomatology. 2 Distinguish between the various viruses associated with hepatitis. 3 Describe the general features of hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitis D, and hepatitis E, including the etiology, transmission, diagnosis, sequelae, and prophylaxis. 4 List and discuss th...

conclusions the apri had the highest sensitivity and specificity (64% and 71%, respectively) for prediction of the presence of liver disease. we suggest that apri may be applicable for the detection of a severe liver disease. objectives in this study, we evaluated and compared several available indices of the severity of liver diseases in patients with hepatitis. patients and methods exclusion ...

A variety of prodromal symptoms of viral hepatitis (urticaria, fever, arthralgias, headache, polyradiculonevritis) are attributed to A, B, C, D or E hepatitis only when jaundice appears, and because they disappear with it. Spectacular extrahepatic symptoms (polyarteritis nodosa, cryoglobulinemia, glomerulonephritis, marrow aplasia...) may be associated with B or C hepatitis without any liver sy...

AMA Martonik D, Wandałowicz A, Supronowicz Ł, Panasiuk Parfieniuk-Kowerda Flisiak R. Shear-wave elastography for evaluation of hepatic stiffness in chronic viral hepatitis B and C. Clinical Experimental Hepatology. 2023;9(2):179-186. doi:10.5114/ceh.2023.129112. APA Martonik, D., Wandałowicz, A., Supronowicz, Ł., Panasiuk, Parfieniuk-Kowerda, & Flisiak, (2023). Hepatology, 9(2), 179-186. https:...

background: patients with hereditary bleeding disorders are at risk of viral infection such as hepatitis c due to frequent transfusion of blood and blood products. this study aimed to determine the prevalence of hepatitis c and associated risk factors in hemophilic patients in isfahan, the second big province in iran. methods: in a descriptive study, patients with hemophilia in isfahan province...

BACKGROUND SEN virus (SENV) is the latest virus proposed as a cause of unknown hepatitis cases. Among nine detected genotypes of the virus, genotypes D and H are more frequent in hepatitis cases of unknown origin. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of SENV-D and SENV-H genotypes in the sera of healthy individuals and hepatitis B and C patients. METHODS Totally, 200 serum sam...