HEPATITIS

HEPATITIS
R: Chapter 18
H: Chapters 304-306
Viral hepatitis (FA13 p162) (FA14 p165) (SU14 p135)
Autoimmune hepatitis

3 Question Warm-Up
1. Which cytokines are produced by Th1 cells? Which cytokines are produced by
Th2 cells? (FA13 p196) (FA14 p201)

2. A 20-year-old dancer reports decreased plantar flexion and decreased sensation

over the back of her thigh, calf, and lateral half of her foot. What nerve is
involved?

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3. Which substances serve as chemotactic agents for leukocytes? (FA13 p215)
(FA14 p224)

4. Autoimmune Hepatitis
◦ Type 1: ANA (+) and/or anti-smooth muscle antibody (+)
◦ Type 2: Liver/Kidney microsomal antibody (+) and/or liver cytosol antigen (+)

End of Session Quiz

5. Identify the hepatitis B status of each of the following patients based on their
hepatitis B serologic markers.
HepBsAg HepBsAb HepBcAb Status
Negative Positive Positive
Negative Negative Positive
Positive Negative Positive IgM
Positive Negative Positive IgG
Negative Positive Negative

6. Which hepatitis viruses are transmitted through the fecal/oral route?

7. Which antibodies can be used to help make the diagnosis of autoimmune

hepatitis?

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