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Virological and serological investigations were performed on 8 children with clinical and/or laboratory signs of hepatitis. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) appeared as the most frequently involved etiologic agent, since it was associated with 5 severe or chronically-evolving cases. Out of the other 3 patients with non-CMV associated hepatitis, all completely recovering, two had clinically typical Epstein-Barr virus infections, while the remaining patient had an asymptomatic HBV infection.
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Nigro, G., Mattia, S., Vitolo, R., Bartmann, U., Midulla, M. (1992). Hepatitis in pre-school children: prevalent role of cytomegalovirus. In: De Bac, C., Taliani, G., Gerlich, W.H. (eds) Chronically Evolving Viral Hepatitis. Archives of Virology, vol 4. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-5633-9_60
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