The most common identifiable cause of neonatal hepatitis is
A. alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency
B. viral hepatitis B
C. hepatitis caused by TORCH group organisms
D. galactosemia
E. extrahepatic biliary atresia
A
Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency accounts for about 30% of cases of neonatal hepatitis and is thus the most common identifiable cause of neonatal hepatitis.
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