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Hepatitis A post-viral encephalitis

L E Davis¹, J E Brown, B H Robertson

¹Neurology Service, Albuquerque Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NM 87108.

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

|January 1, 1993

Summary

A child experienced hepatitis A infection with encephalitis, showing neurological symptoms. Recovery occurred, suggesting a post-viral encephalitis link without direct viral presence in cerebrospinal fluid.

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Area of Science:

Pediatric Neurology
Infectious Diseases
Hepatology

Background:

Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection typically causes acute liver inflammation.
Neurological complications, such as encephalitis, are rare but documented sequelae of viral infections.
The pathogenesis of post-infectious encephalitis following hepatitis A remains incompletely understood.