Delta agent superinfection. Rapidly progressive liver disease in a hepatitis B virus carrier

dc.contributor.author	de cock, km
dc.contributor.author	Govindarajan, s
dc.contributor.author	Redeker, AG
dc.contributor.author	Kanel, GC
dc.contributor.author	Falzarano, JS
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-11T15:47:55Z
dc.date.available	2013-06-11T15:47:55Z
dc.date.issued	1985
dc.identifier.citation	Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1985 May;109(5):395-7	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/whalecom0/pubmed/3838651
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/31827
dc.description.abstract	Abstract We report a case of rapidly progressive chronic active hepatitis (CAH) following acute delta infection in a previously asymptomatic hepatitis B virus carrier. Serologic evidence of delta superinfection coincided with an acute icteric hepatitis, and was followed by the development of clinically evident chronic liver disease. The liver biopsy specimens documented the acute hepatitis and subsequent progression of severe CAH. This case illustrates the clinical and pathologic changes that may follow acute delta infection in chronic hepatitis B carriers.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	University of Nairobi	en
dc.title	Delta agent superinfection. Rapidly progressive liver disease in a hepatitis B virus carrier	en
dc.type	Article	en
local.publisher	College of Health Sciences	en