RT Book, Section
A1 Harirah, Hassan M.
A2 Pacheco, Luis D.
A2 Saade, George R.
A2 Hankins, Gary D.V.
SR Print(0)
ID 1115520229
T1 Hepatitis
T2 Maternal Medicine
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071824163
LK obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1115520229
RD 2024/04/19
AB Hepatitis  is  a  systemic  infection  that  predominantly  affects  the  liver  and  is  characterized  by  hepatic  cell  necrosis  and  mononuclear  cell  infiltration.  The  term  “hepatitis”  is  conventionally  reserved  for  “viral  hepatitis”  as  most  cases  of  hepatitis  are  caused  by  one  of  the  five  liver-specific  (hepatotropic)  viral  agents:  hepatitis  A  virus  (HAV),  hepatitis  B  virus  (HBV),  hepatitis  C  virus  (HCV),  hepatitis  D  virus  (HDV),  and  hepatitis  E  virus  (HEV).  All  these  human  hepatitis  viruses  are  RNA  viruses  except  for  HBV,  which  is  a  DNA  virus.  Other  rare  causes  of  hepatitis  include  infections  with  cytomegalovirus,  Epstein-Barr  virus,  and  herpes  simplex  virus,  toxic  chemicals,  medication  overdose,  and  autoimmune  hepatitis.