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Annales de Biologie Clinique. Volume 64, Number 2, 170-2, Mars-Avril 2006, Pratique quotidienne

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Author(s) : M Lazrek, F Boitrelle, A Dewilde, C Schanen, C Chopin, P Desreumaux, E Leteurtre, D Hober

Summary : Infectious mononucleosis is a common and benign disease. Although hepatic cytolysis is common during infectious mononucleosis, fulminant hepatitis is rare. We report an observation of a fatal fulminant hepatitis complicating a primary EBV infection in a 15 year-old male.

Keywords : EBV, fulminant hepatitis, acute hepatitis failure