PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL, cilt.24, sa.7, ss.652-653, 2005 (SCI-Expanded)
Hepatitis A infection rarely causes extrahepatic manifestations. Here we present a 5-year-old patient with an initial complaint of nuchal rigidity and convulsions during the course of hepatitis A infection. Because hepatitis A virus RNA was demonstrated in the cerebrospinal fluid, it was thought that convulsions might be related to this viral infection.