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**Abstract** Etiopathogenesis of acute hepatic failure (AHF) in Eastern and Western countries is distinct. In the East hepatitis viruses cause AHF in more than 95% of such cases, while causes of AHF in the West are quite heterogenous. Hepatitis E virus is the major etiological agent of AHF in countries like India where the virus is hyperendemic. Occult HBV infection may also be causing AHF in a sizable proportion of cases in areas where chronic HBV infection frequency is high. Paracetamol causes AHF in about 70% cases in the UK and about 20% cases in USA, whereas in France and Denmark, non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs are more frequently associated with AHF. Hepatitis B virus causes AHF in about one‐third of cases in the latter two countries. © 2002 Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd
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- Author
- SK ACHARYA; Y BATRA; S HAZARI; V CHOUDHURY; SK PANDA; S DATTAGUPTA
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0815-9319)
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)