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hepatitis
Friday 30 May 2003
Lesional types
acute hepatitis
chronic hepatitis
granulomatous hepatitis
Topography
portal hepatitis
lobular hepatitis
centrilobular hepatitis
diffuse hepatitis
Etiology
Most episodes of acute and chronic hepatitis can be attributed to one of the known viruses, to autoimmune hepatitis or to a hepatotoxic agent. An exception to this statement is fulminant hepatitis, the cause of which cannot currently be established in a substantial minority of patients, including children.
infectious hepatitis
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viral hepatitis
- adenovirus (adenovirus hepatitis )
- bacterial hepatitis
- parasitic hepatitis
autoimmune hepatitis
toxic hepatitis
References
Tsutsui H, Adachi K, Seki E, Nakanishi K. Cytokine-induced inflammatory liver injuries. Curr Mol Med. 2003 Sep;3(6):545-59. PMID: 14527086
