Fulminant hepatitis with microvesicular steatosis (a histologic comparison of cases occurring in Brazil - Labrea hepatitis - and in central Africa - Bangui hepatitis)

Fulminant hepatitis with microvesicular steatosis (a histologic comparison of cases occurring in Brazil - Labrea hepatitis - and in central Africa - Bangui hepatitis)

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A similar histopathologic picture of fatal hepatitis associated with widespread acute fatty changes in hepatocytes and single-cell necrosis was seen in epidemic cases occurring in two distinct equatorial areas having high prevalences of HBV and HDV infections. The cases were previously considered to...

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Main Authors: Zilton A. Andrade, Jean L. Lesbordes, Paul Ravisse, Raimundo Paraná, Aluízio Prata, João S. Barberino, Christian Trepo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1992-09-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Hepatite de Labrea
Hepatite de Bangui
Infecção delta
Hepatite espongiocítica
Labrea hepatitis
Bangui hepatitis
Delta infection
Spongiocytic hepatitis
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