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Hepatitis A must be differentiated from other diseases that cause fever, nausea, vomiting, jaundice, hepatomegaly, | [[Hepatitis A]] must be differentiated from other diseases that cause [[fever]], [[nausea]], [[vomiting]], [[jaundice]], [[hepatomegaly]], icteric [[sclera]], elevated [[ALT]], [[AST]], and [[PCR]] such as other [[viral hepatitis]], [[alcoholic hepatitis]] and [[autoimmune hepatitis]]. | ||
== Differentiating Hepatitis A from other Diseases == | == Differentiating Hepatitis A from other Diseases == | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]
Overview
Hepatitis A must be differentiated from other diseases that cause fever, nausea, vomiting, jaundice, hepatomegaly, icteric sclera, elevated ALT, AST, and PCR such as other viral hepatitis, alcoholic hepatitis and autoimmune hepatitis.
Differentiating Hepatitis A from other Diseases
Hepatitis A cannot be differentiated from other types of viral hepatitis on the basis of clinical or epidemiologic features alone. [1] [2]
Differentials include: