Acute type A hepatitis in three patients with chronic HBV infection.
We have studied three patients with chronic HBV infection who had a superimposed bout of type A hepatitis. The patients recovered uneventfully without observing a change in their clinical course afterwards. In one patient we observed transient disappearance of DNA polymerase during type A hepatitis; we have postulated that this is probably related to hepatic necrosis.
D000328:Adult; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male