[Subfulminant hepatitis A treated by hepatic transplant].
A case of subfulminant hepatitis A in a 3 1/2 year-old boy is reported. This child is alive after a liver transplantation. Such a procedure should modify the prognosis of severe hepatic failure whatever its origin, viral or toxic. Some practical problems concerning this new management of fulminant hepatitis are considered.
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Unité de Réanimation Pédiatrique, Hôpital de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin.
Houssin
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D
Wood
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Oriot
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D
Mathey
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C
Debray
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D
Duval-Arnould
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M
Huault
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G
D002675:Child, Preschool; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000209:etiology; D008099:Liver / Q000503:physiopathology; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors
Hépatite subfulminante à virus A traitée par transplantation hépatique.