TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Hepatitis A1 - Harirah, Hassan M. A2 - Pacheco, Luis D. A2 - Saade, George R. A2 - Hankins, Gary D.V. PY - 2015 T2 - Maternal Medicine 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. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/09 UR - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1115520229 ER -