ArticleCase reports in gastroenterology
Recent Trend of Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Chiba Area, Japan: 3 of 5 Cases with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
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- Hepatitis E virus infection: considerations for immunologists and rheumatologists.Rheumatology international · 2026Review
- [Advances in clinical diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune liver diseases combined with viral hepatitis].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2025Review
- Hepatitis E Virus Infection Caused Elevation of Alanine Aminotransferase Levels in a Patient with Chronic Hepatitis B and Choledocholithiasis.Reports (MDPI) · 2023Article
- Chronic hepatitis E in an elderly immunocompetent patient who achieved a sustained virologic response with ribavirin treatment.Clinical journal of gastroenterology · 2023Article
- Autoimmune liver disease-associated serologic profiling in Chinese patients with acute hepatitis E virus infection.Immunologic research · 2021Article
- Seroprevalence of AIH-related autoantibodies in patients with acute hepatitis E viral infection: a prospective case-control study in China.Emerging microbes & infections · 2020Article
- Hepatitis E during Tocilizumab Therapy in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Case Report and Literature Review.Case reports in rheumatology · 2018Article
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Abstract
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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