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Hepatitis A Infection: Clinical Aspects

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Current Perspectives in Hepatology

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The development of specific diagnostic tests first for hepatitis S virus (HBV) infections and then hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections has enabled clinicians to determine accurately the cause of hepatitis in their patients. Although non-A, non-B (NANB) hepatitis remains a diagnosis of exclusion and may be caused by more than one agent, the ability to make specific etiologic diagnoses has allowed us to study these diseases in some detail to define their clinical spectrum and epidemiology.

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  1. Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA

    Stephen M. Feinstone

  2. MacFarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research, Fairfield Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 3078

    Ian D. Gust

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, Veterans Administration Medical Center, USA

    Leonard B. Seeff M.D. (Chief, Professor of Medicine) (Chief, Professor of Medicine)

  2. Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA

    Leonard B. Seeff M.D. (Chief, Professor of Medicine) (Chief, Professor of Medicine)

  3. Division of Gastroenterology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA

    James H. Lewis M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.C.G. (Associate Professor of Medicine) (Associate Professor of Medicine)

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Feinstone, S.M., Gust, I.D. (1989). Hepatitis A Infection: Clinical Aspects. In: Seeff, L.B., Lewis, J.H. (eds) Current Perspectives in Hepatology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7041-3_1

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