Clinical and viral marker pattern of acute sporadic hepatitis in children in Madras, South India

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 275-278

  Malathi, S ^a   Mohanavalli, B ^b   Menon, Thangam ^b   Srilatha, P ^b   Sankaranarayanan, V S ^c   Raju, B Bhaskar ^c   Ramathilagam, B ^a   Thyagarajan, S P ^b  

^a Government Peripheral Hospital   (India)

^b Dr ALM Postgraduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PROGNOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031782166     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.5.275     Document Type: Article

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