Fulminant hepatic failure in children and adolescents in Northern Brazil



Document title: Fulminant hepatic failure in children and adolescents in Northern Brazil
Journal: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000282537
ISSN: 0037-8682
Authors: 1



Institutions: 1Fundacao de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas, Gerencia de Virologia, Manaus, Amazonas. Brasil
Year:
Season: Ene-Feb
Volumen: 37
Number: 1
Pages: 67-69
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Nota breve o noticia
Approach: Descriptivo
English abstract The histological findings of fulminant hepatic failure were correlated to the demographic, clinical, biochemical and virological features in children and adolescents, native to the Amazonas State in Northern Brazil. 96.2% had evidence of infection by primary hepatotrophic viruses. Histological analysis revealed three distinct patterns of fulminant hepatic failure
Portuguese abstract As características histológicas da insuficiência hepática fulminante foram correlacionadas com os achados demográficos, clínicos, bioquímicos e virológicos, em crianças e adolescentes nativos do Estado do Amazonas no Norte do Brasil. 96,2% tinham evidência de infecção primária pelos vírus hepatotrópicos primários. A análise histológica revelou três padrões histopatológicos distintos de insuficiência hepática fulminante
Disciplines: Biología
Keyword: Parasitología,
Virus,
Brasil,
Hepatitis,
Insuficiencia hepática fulminante,
Epidemiología,
Patología
Keyword: Biology,
Parasitology,
Virus,
Fulminant hepatic failure,
Epidemiology,
Pathology,
Brazil,
Hepatitis
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