The successful use of orthotopic liver transplantation in fulminant hepatic failure has created
a need for early prognostic indicators to select the patients most likely to benefit at a time …

Hepatitis B is a major public health problem in the world today. It is es-timated that over 2
billion people have been infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) resulting in 300 to 400 million …

Acute hepatitis due to the hepatitis A virus usually has a short, benign and self-limited
course, without causing chronic hepatitis. However, some cases have an atypical …

OBJECTIVES: Viral hepatitis has previously been the major cause of acute liver failure (ALF)
in the United States. We aimed to determine the incidence of viral hepatitis-related ALF and …

The incidence, clinicopathological features and etiology of acute exacerbation occurring in
patients with chronic type B hepatitis were assessed prospectively among 385 patients who …

BACKGROUND/AIMS The role of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in fulminant hepatitis remains
controversial. This study was conducted to investigate the risk of fulminant hepatitis C in …

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Seizure activity in patients with acute liver failure (ALF) may increase
cerebral oxygen requirements and worsen cerebral edema. Recently, prophylactic …

The incidence of hepatitis A has declined in the United States for several decades, leading
to an increased number of susceptible adolescents and adults. Because clinical severity …

Controversial data were recently published concerning the association of hepatitis B virus
(HBV) variants with fulminant hepatitis (FH). In this study, we first analyzed the complete …

We tested serum samples from 25 fulminant hepatitis and 7 subfulminant hepatitis patients
for hepatitis A, B, C, D and E viral markers and nucleic acids by means of polymerase chain …