title: [Extreme bilirubinemia in hepatitis A associated with G6PD-deficiency].
abstract: In patients with G6PD-deficiency and hepatitis A infection, the clinical picture can resemble fulminant hepatitis. We describe 2 patients with this association. Bilirubin concentrations were over 50 mg/dl in both, but they recovered completely.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medicine B, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tomer
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shoenfeld
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005955:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006932:Hyperbilirubinemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male