Severe hepatitis in a newborn with coxsackievirus B5 infection

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 739-741

  Clavell, Maria ^c   Barkemeyer, Brian ^a   Martinez, Bertha ^c   Craver, Randall ^a   Correa, Hernan ^a   Gohd, Robert ^a   Schmidt Sommerfeld, Eberhard ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; COXSACKIE VIRUS INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NEWBORN;

EID: 0032763868     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289903801208     Document Type: Article

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