Recent Trend of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Chiba Area, Japan: 3 of 5 Cases with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is an emerging health concern in developing and developed countries, such as Japan. Five cases have recently been diagnosed as hepatitis E. Of interest, 3 of them had rheumatoid arthritis (RA), although a previous study demonstrated a lack of association between HEV...
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| author | Tatsuo Kanda Shin Yasui Masato Nakamura Makoto Arai Reina Sasaki Yuki Haga Shuang Wu Shingo Nakamoto Hiroaki Okamoto Osamu Yokosuka |
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| description | Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is an emerging health concern in developing and developed countries, such as Japan. Five cases have recently been diagnosed as hepatitis E. Of interest, 3 of them had rheumatoid arthritis (RA), although a previous study demonstrated a lack of association between HEV and RA. One of the other patients developed autoimmune hepatitis and was successfully treated with corticosteroids approximately 150 days after the diagnosis of hepatitis E. In RA patients with liver dysfunction, the presence of HEV infection should be evaluated immediately because these patients are often relatively old. Further investigation of the association between HEV and autoimmune hepatitis is needed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a249727de3d740749bb1ba1f2bbc74fe2022-12-21T18:48:00ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Gastroenterology1662-06312015-10-019331732610.1159/000441387441387Recent Trend of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Chiba Area, Japan: 3 of 5 Cases with Rheumatoid ArthritisTatsuo KandaShin YasuiMasato NakamuraMakoto AraiReina SasakiYuki HagaShuang WuShingo NakamotoHiroaki OkamotoOsamu YokosukaHepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is an emerging health concern in developing and developed countries, such as Japan. Five cases have recently been diagnosed as hepatitis E. Of interest, 3 of them had rheumatoid arthritis (RA), although a previous study demonstrated a lack of association between HEV and RA. One of the other patients developed autoimmune hepatitis and was successfully treated with corticosteroids approximately 150 days after the diagnosis of hepatitis E. In RA patients with liver dysfunction, the presence of HEV infection should be evaluated immediately because these patients are often relatively old. Further investigation of the association between HEV and autoimmune hepatitis is needed.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/441387Hepatitis E virusRheumatoid arthritisIgA anti-hepatitis E virus antibodyAutoimmune hepatitis |
| spellingShingle | Tatsuo Kanda Shin Yasui Masato Nakamura Makoto Arai Reina Sasaki Yuki Haga Shuang Wu Shingo Nakamoto Hiroaki Okamoto Osamu Yokosuka Recent Trend of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Chiba Area, Japan: 3 of 5 Cases with Rheumatoid Arthritis Case Reports in Gastroenterology Hepatitis E virus Rheumatoid arthritis IgA anti-hepatitis E virus antibody Autoimmune hepatitis |
| title | Recent Trend of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Chiba Area, Japan: 3 of 5 Cases with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| title_full | Recent Trend of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Chiba Area, Japan: 3 of 5 Cases with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| title_fullStr | Recent Trend of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Chiba Area, Japan: 3 of 5 Cases with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recent Trend of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Chiba Area, Japan: 3 of 5 Cases with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| title_short | Recent Trend of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Chiba Area, Japan: 3 of 5 Cases with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| title_sort | recent trend of hepatitis e virus infection in chiba area japan 3 of 5 cases with rheumatoid arthritis |
| topic | Hepatitis E virus Rheumatoid arthritis IgA anti-hepatitis E virus antibody Autoimmune hepatitis |
| url | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/441387 |
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