fulminant viral hepatitis
MONDO:0018109Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names fulminant viral hepatitis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Fulminant viral hepatitis is a rapid and severe impairment of liver functions (acute liver failure) with hepatic encephalopathy developing less than 8 weeks after the onset of jaundice, secondary to viral hepatitis mainly due to HBV, but also to HAV.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0018109), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of