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Keywords: Hepatic, Encephalopathy, Viral, Acute, Hepatocellular

Related Terms: Blastomycosis, Coccidioidomycosis, Diphtheria, Distemper, Grippe, Influenza, Leprosy, Malaria, Measles, Pertussis, Pneumococcus, Tuberculosis, Typhus, Sars, Pneumonia, Hepatitis B, Tularemia, Aspergillosis, Legionnaires' Disease, Toxoplasmosis, Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Sporotrichosis, Autoimmune Hepatitis, Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, Lyme Disease, Hepatic Encephalopathy, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis C, Babesiosis, Histoplasmosis, Reye's Syndrome, Parvovirus, Chronic Hepatitis, Rheumatic Fever, Reye Syndrome, Diptheria, Whooping Cough, Prostatitis, Salmonellosis, Canine Distemper, Toxic Shock Syndrome, Tss, Typhoid Fever, Lassa Fever, Subclinical Infection, Bilious Fever, Flu, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Arc

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A rare and frequently deadly form of viral hepatitis in which the patient quickly gets worse.

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a severe and rapidly progressive form of hepatitis accompanied by hepatocellular death and hepatic failure.

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A rare and frequently fatal form of acute hepatitis B in which there is a rapid deterioration with hepatic encephalopathy, necrosis of hepatic parenchyma, blood coagulation disorders, renal failure and coma.

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A serious form of acute hepatitis. Symptoms include jaundice and encephalopathy.

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Severe, rapidly progressive loss of hepatic function due to viral infection or other cause of inflammatory destruction of liver tissue.

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