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. 2013 Mar 11;2013:601290. doi: 10.1155/2013/601290

Table 1.

Various etiological agents of post infantile giant cell hepatitis.

Drugs and medication Methotrexate, clometacin, 6-mercaptapurine, p-aminosalicylic acid, vinyl chloride, amitriptyline, chlordiazepoxide, and chlorpromazine and herbal medicine

Autoimmune diseases Systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, polyarthritis, ulcerative colitis, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), polyarteritis nodosa, and primary biliary cirrhosis

Viral causes Hepatitis A, B, C, E
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), HIV,
paramyxo-like virus.
herpesvirus 6A infection, and human papillomavirus.

Miscellaneous Hypereosinophilia, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, lymphoma, sarcoidosis, Kugelberg-Welander syndrome, hypoparathyroidism, Sickle cell anaemia, and post transplant