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1. Acute viral hepatitis E presenting with haemolytic anaemia and acute renal failure in a patient with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.

Author

Tomar LR, Aggarwal A, Jain P, Rajpal S, and Agarwal MP

Subjects
Acute Disease, Adolescent, Disease Management, Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase, Hepatitis E complications, Hepatitis E therapy, Hepatitis E virus isolation & purification, Humans, Male, Acute Kidney Injury etiology, Anemia, Hemolytic etiology, Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency complications, Hepatitis E diagnosis
Abstract

The association of acute hepatitis E viral (HEV) infection with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency leading to extensive intravascular haemolysis is a very rare clinical entity. Here we discuss such a patient, who presented with acute HEV illness, developed severe intravascular haemolysis and unusually high levels of bilirubin, complicated by acute renal failure (ARF), and was later on found to have a deficiency of G6PD. The patient recovered completely with haemodialysis and supportive management., (© The Author(s) 2014.)

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2015
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