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Revista colombiana de Gastroenterología
Print version ISSN 0120-9957
Abstract
CORREA GAVIRIA, Simón; ESPINOZA HERRERA, Yeinis Paola; OSORIO SANDOVAL, Germán and RESTREPO GUTIERREZ, Juan Carlos. Acute hepatic failure due to autoimmune hepatitis in a patient treated for hepatitis. Rev Col Gastroenterol [online]. 2013, vol.28, n.1, pp.69-73. ISSN 0120-9957.
We describe the case of a woman with chronic hepatitis C which had been diagnosed by biochemical, serological and histological criteria. She presented acute autoimmune hepatitis and acute liver failure a year after starting treatment with pegylated interferon and required orthotopic liver transplantation.
Keywords : Hepatitis C; autoimmune hepatitis; liver failure; liver transplantation; interferon therapy.