A case of syncytial giant cell hepatitis with features of a paramyxoviral infection

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1931-1937

  Fimmel, Claus J ^b   Guo, Linsheng ^b   Compans, Richard W ^b   Brunt, Elizabeth M ^b   Hickman, Scot ^b   Perrillo, Robert R ^b   Mason, Andrew L ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; GIANT CELL; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGED; BIOPSY; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032431526     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00548.x     Document Type: Article

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