Varicella zoster infection causes severe autoimmune hepatitis

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Autoimmune

hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic liver inflammation of unknown etiology that is characterized by the presence of circulatory autoantibodies and ongoing liver tissue damage. In the past

few years, the understanding of this disease has grown, and it is believed that, in a genetically predisposed individual,

certain agents such as drugs and viruses can trigger this process of

self-induced liver damage.

Dr.

Waleed K Al-Hamoudi from Saudi

Arabia presented a

case of severe AIH following varicella zoster

infection in a 23-year-old man…….

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-03/wjog-vzi030309.php

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