Acta Med. 2005, 48: 173-175

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2018.48

Two Siblings with Fulminant Viral Hepatitis A: Case Report

Mehmet Yalniza, Hüseyin Atasevena, Selman Çelebıa, Orhan Kürşat Poyrazoğlua, Nusret Sirmab, Ibrahim Halil Bahçecıoğlua

aFirat University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Turkey
bFirat University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Turkey

Received May 1, 2005
Accepted August 1, 2005

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