Hepatitis E virus: Another addition to the existing alphabet of human hepatitis viruses

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 308-319

  Khuroo, Mohammad Sultan ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS E ANTIGEN;

DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVER HISTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029975708     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1996.308     Document Type: Review

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