Fulminant hepatitis associated with hepatitis A virus superinfection in patients with chronic hepatitis C

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 286-290

  Vento, Sandro ^a   Garofano, Tiziana ^b   Renzini, Carlo ^c   Cainelli, Francesca ^a   Casali, Ferruccio ^c   Ghironzi, Giancarlo ^c   Ferraro, Teresa ^b   Concia, Ercole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b PUGLIESE CIACCIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c San Marino State Hospital   (San Marino)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTASIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERINFECTION; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 0032576759     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199801293380503     Document Type: Article

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