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Viral hepatitis is liver inflammation due to a viral infection. [1] [2] It may present in acute form as a recent infection with relatively rapid onset, or in chronic form, typically progressing from a long-lasting asymptomatic condition up to a decompensated hepatic disease and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Doctors are using a new method to treat mothers with hepatitis C before they pass it down to their children. The CDC has new recommendations for testing infants for hepatitis C Skip to main content
The CDC says more than 100 children in 25 states and territories have contracted severe cases of hepatitis. About 90% of the children were hospitalized, 15% needed liver transplants and 5 children ...
Liver function tests (LFTs or LFs), also referred to as a hepatic panel or liver panel, are groups of blood tests that provide information about the state of a patient's liver. [1] These tests include prothrombin time (PT/INR), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), albumin , bilirubin (direct and indirect), and others.
FibroTest has been evaluated in relation to liver biopsy (the current reference standard in liver disease assessment) in people with hepatitis C, hepatitis B, [1] alcoholic liver disease, [2] and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. [3] They are most useful for cirrhosis and less useful for other stages of liver disease. [4]
The CDC is investigating a growing number of cases of liver damage in children. COVID may be linked to the pediatric hepatitis outbreak with an unknown cause. The CDC is investigating a growing ...
In August 2022, 9 children in a U.S. case series of hepatitis of unknown cause [38] and 27 of 30 children in a U.K. case series with hepatitis of unknown cause who underwent molecular testing [39] tested positive for human adenovirus 41 in a sample. It remained unclear, however, whether human adenovirus 41 was the cause.
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