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KMID : 1103920060120020230
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Korean Journal of Hepatology
2006 Volume.12 No. 2 p.230 ~ p.236
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Nine cases of sporadic acute hepatitis E in Korea
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임정우/Lim JW
박찬선/안정민/유미현/김택수/임영석/정석원/김강모/정영화/이영상/서동진/Park CS/Ahn JM/Yu MH/Kim TS/Lim YS/Chung SW/Kim GM/Chung YH/Lee YS/Suh DJ
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Abstract
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Hepatitis E virus is an enterically transmitted virus that causes endemic cases of acute hepatitis in many countries in Africa, and Southeast and Central Asia. Sporadic cases of acute hepatitis E also have been reported in developed countries. In non-endemic areas, most of the sporadic cases of hepatitis E are introduced from the endemic areas. Until now, only three cases of acute hepatitis E have been reported in Korea. Recently, we experienced nine cases of acute hepatitis, in which serologic studies showed positive of IgM anti-HEV. We report these as cases of acute hepatitis E. These cases suggest that HEV infection occurs sporadically in Korea and should be considered as a cause of cryptogenic acute hepatitis.
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