Hepatitis C virus infection in sporadic fulminant viral hepatitis in North India: Cause or co-factor?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1231-1237

  Jain, Anil ^a   Kar, P ^a,c   Madan, K ^a   Das, U P ^a   Budhiraja, S ^a   Gopalkrishna, V ^b   Sharma, J K ^b   Das, B C ^b  

^a Division of Molecular Oncology   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Fulminant hepatitis; HAV; HBV; HCV; HEV; Liver tissue; Pregnancy; RT PCR; Serology

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEMATEMESIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MELENA; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PURPURA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SERUM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0032709854     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199911000-00008     Document Type: Article

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