title: The clinical course of acute hepatitis C.
abstract: A 42-year-old woman developed epigastric abdominal pain and acutely elevated serum transaminase levels during a course of chemotherapy for breast cancer. Serum antibodies to hepatitis A, B and C were not identified initially, but subsequently a high hepatitis C viral load was detected. Ultrasonic imaging of the liver was normal. Serum transaminase elevations resolved within 2 months, and, after 6 months without therapy, the hepatitis C viral load became undetectable.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC10-5550, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA, avenner@salud.unm.edu.
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venner
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kistin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous