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Case Reports
. 2004 Jul;35(7):894-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2004.04.004.

Acute liver failure in a renal transplant patient caused by adenoviral hepatitis superimposed on a fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis B

T Longerich  1 , K Haferkamp, U Töx, Peter Schirmacher
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Acute liver failure in a renal transplant patient caused by adenoviral hepatitis superimposed on a fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis B

T Longerich et al. Hum Pathol. 2004 Jul.

Abstract

We report the first case of fulminant liver failure due to necrotizing adenovirus hepatitis superimposed on a fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis B in an immunosuppressed patient after renal transplantation. Diagnosis was made in vivo by liver biopsy and confirmed at autopsy.

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