title: Viral diseases of the liver in children: diagnostic and differential diagnostic considerations.
abstract: This review summarizes the general histologic features of acute and chronic hepatitides and highlights those morphologic findings that may suggest or be diagnostic of a specific agent or etiology. The main epidemiologic, clinical, and pathologic features of the hepatotropic viruses are discussed, with an emphasis on pediatric studies and the differential diagnosis of hepatitis in childhood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Immunology, Lauren V. Ackerman Laboratory of Surgical Pathology,St. Louis Children's Hospital at the Washington University Medical Center, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. fwhite@path.wustl.edu
authors.forename: Frances V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Louis P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Dehner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology*; D014777:Virus Diseases