title: Familial cluster of fulminant hepatitis A infection.
abstract: Hepatitis A virus is a common cause of a self-limited liver disease. Fulminant hepatitis is a rare complication of acute hepatitis A infection. We report a small epidemic of three consecutive fulminant hepatitis A infections in three previously healthy siblings. This is the first report of a cluster of fulminant hepatitis A.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Division, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. Durst@cc.huji.ac.il
authors.forename: R Y
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Durst
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goldsmidt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Namestnick
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Safadi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ilan
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male