Autoimmune complications associated with hepatitis A virus infection in children

Authors
Ertem, D Acar, Y Pehlivanoglu, E
Citation
D. Ertem et al., Autoimmune complications associated with hepatitis A virus infection in children, PEDIAT INF, 20(8), 2001, pp. 809-811
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
ISSN journal
08913668 → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
8
Year of publication
2001
Pages
809 - 811
Database
ISI
SICI code
0891-3668(200108)20:8<809:ACAWHA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Hepatitis A virus infection is usually a self-limited disease during childh ood. Autoimmune manifestations are rarely reported among patients. We descr ibe two children with acute hepatitis A infection who developed immune thro mbocytopenia and hepatic venous thrombosis during the course of acute infec tion. Antiphospholipid antibodies were increased in both of them during the thrombocytopenic and thrombotic complications and decreased during the res olution of these events.