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We recently read with interest the report by Ben-Ari and colleagues¹ regarding fulminant non–A-G viral hepatitis. The authors of this article, in its title and throughout the study, refer to this syndrome as if it were definitely viral in etiology. We believe that this is misleading and deserves clarification.

There have been several labels given to the syndrome of idiopathic fulminant hepatic failure. These include non-A, non-B fulminant hepatic failure²; seronegative fulminant hepatic failure³; and acute sporadic non-A, non-B, non-C, non-D, and non-E hepatitis.⁴ Unifying all of these labels is the exclusion of hepatitis A and B as causes of acute liver failure. In white patients it has now been well demonstrated that hepatitis C, E, and G are not pathogenically important.^{2, 5}

In many publications, the cause of non-A, non-B fulminant hepatic failure is often regarded as most likely viral. However, the evidence supporting this contention is weak. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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