Hepatitis A and cytomegalovirus infection precipitating acute hemolysis in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

Military Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 434-436

  Siddigui, Tariq ^a   Khan, A Haleem ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOLYSIS; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; MALE;

EID: 0031801719     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/163.6.434     Document Type: Article

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