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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==History | ==History== | ||
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*Prolonged [[cholestasis]] has been described in up to 60 percent of patients.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Chau TN, Lai ST, Tse C, ''et al'' |title=Epidemiology and clinical features of sporadic hepatitis E as compared with hepatitis A |journal=Am. J. Gastroenterol. |volume=101 |issue=2 |pages=292-6 |year=2006 |pmid=16454833 |doi=10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00416.x}}</ref> | *Prolonged [[cholestasis]] has been described in up to 60 percent of patients.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Chau TN, Lai ST, Tse C, ''et al'' |title=Epidemiology and clinical features of sporadic hepatitis E as compared with hepatitis A |journal=Am. J. Gastroenterol. |volume=101 |issue=2 |pages=292-6 |year=2006 |pmid=16454833 |doi=10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00416.x}}</ref> | ||
*[[Jaundice]] | *[[Jaundice]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]
Overview
History
Symptoms
- Prolonged cholestasis has been described in up to 60 percent of patients.[1]
- Jaundice
- Malaise
- Anorexia
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Abdominal pain
- Fever
- Hepatomegaly
- Other less common features include diarrhea, arthralgia, pruritus, and urticarial rash. Some patients have asymptomatic infection.
References
- ↑ Chau TN, Lai ST, Tse C; et al. (2006). "Epidemiology and clinical features of sporadic hepatitis E as compared with hepatitis A". Am. J. Gastroenterol. 101 (2): 292–6. doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00416.x. PMID 16454833.