A case of acute infectious mononucleosis presenting with very high ferritin
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Thoufeeq, Muhammed Hameed
Khan, Shahul Leyakath Ali
Jain, Sanjiv
Al-Shakerchi, Hasanain
Hussain, Munem
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Hepatitis is an important but uncommon manifestation of acute Epstein Barr infection. Infectious mononucleosis is usually a disease of young adults. We report a case of infectious mononucleosis in a 72-year old jaundiced gentleman with ferritin level of 2438 that normalised on clinical improvement.
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ferritin, immunoglobulin G, immunoglobulin M, virus capsid antigen, anamnesis, case report, clinical assessment, computer assisted tomography, diagnostic value, Epstein Barr virus, ferritin blood level, infectious mononucleosis, jaun Epstein Barr virus, Ferritin, Infectious monomucleosis, Jaundice, Liver function tests
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World Journal of Gastroenterology
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