Liver involvement in murine typhus

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 623-629

  Silpapojakul, K ^a   Mitarnun, W ^a   Ovartlarnporn, B ^a   Chamroonkul, N ^a   Khow Ean, U ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ALCOHOLISM; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOMA; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER SINUSOID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOSIS; NECROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; TYPHUS;

EID: 0029737030     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/89.8.623     Document Type: Article

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