title: A Rare Association of Hepatitis A Virus Infection with Type-1 Diabetes.
abstract: Patients with type-1 diabetes are predisposed to develop a spectrum of liver diseases, which includes fatty liver, steatohepatitis and cirrhosis. The association of hepatitis A infection with type-1 diabetes is extremely rare. To the best of our knowledge, our case is the first case report in children. We described a nine year-old girl who had type-1 diabetes and developed hepatitis A virus infection without complications. A review of the literature is also provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University for Health Sciences, National Guard Hospital , Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hasosah
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University for Health Sciences, National Guard Hospital , Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Alaa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bokhari
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University for Health Sciences, National Guard Hospital , Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Ashraf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alsahafi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University for Health Sciences, National Guard Hospital , Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Ghassan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sukkar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology (Riyad), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz, University for Health Sciences, National Guard Hospital , Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alzaben
keywords: Hepatitis A virus; type-1 diabetes