A Case of Acute Autoimmune Hepatitis Superimposed on Chronic Hepatitis B Infection

Autoimmune hepatitis has been associated with chronic HCV infection, but there are only few cases reported of HBV infection as a possible trigger. We present a case of a young male who was diagnosed with acute autoimmune hepatitis superimposed on existent chronic HBV infection. A 30-year-old Hispani...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Sostre, Hiren G. Patel, Abdalla Mohamed, Ariy Volfson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2139607