Viral hepatitides and the problems of pediatric hepatology are an important work area of the Clinical Department of Infectious Diseases


Reizis A.R., Nikitina T.S., Drondina A.N., Matanina N.V., Borzakova S.N., Khokhlova O.N.

1Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, Moscow, Russia; 2N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
Objective. To present the main results of work of the Clinical Department of Infectious Diseases on viral hepatitides in children and pediatric hepatology. The Hepatitis Group was set up within the Department by Professor A.R. Reizis, MD, in 1980 and has been headed by him to the present time. The main aspects of researches have been the viral nature of hepatitides, their etiological diagnosis and epidemiology; recognition and the specific features of the course of viral hepatitides, their immuno- and pathogenesis; differential diagnosis with a wide range of diseases occurring with jaundice and/or liver involvement; both etiotropic and pathogenetic treatments for these diseases in children. At all work stages, the general issues of pediatric hepatology have also made a certain contribution to the problem of viral hepatitides in children, which has been embodied in 6 monographs, 13 guidelines and letters, 6 author certificates and patents for inventions and more than 350 printed publications.
Keywords: viral hepatitides, children
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For correspondence:
Prof. Ara R. Raizis, MD, Leading Researcher, Clinical Department of Infectious Diseases, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being
Address: 3a, Novogireevskaya St., Moscow 111123, Russia
E-mail: bobandara@mail.ru
Information about the authors:
Tatyana S. Nikitinа, Cand. Med. Sci., Scientific Secretary, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, Moscow, Russia; e-mail: crie@pcr.ru
Asya N. Drondina, Cand. Med. Sci., Head, Department of Postgraduate Courses and Residency, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, Moscow, Russia; e-mail: crie@pcr.ru
Svetlana N. Borzakova, Cand. Med. Sci., Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics with Childhood Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Additional Professional Education, N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia; e-mail: kafpedinf@yandex.ru
Olga N. Khokhlova, Cand. Med. Sci., Researcher, Clinical Department of Infectious Diseases, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, Moscow, Russia; e-mail: crie@pcr.ru


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