Hepatobiliary dysfunction as the initial manifestation of disseminated cryptococcosis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 276-277

  Lin Jain, I ^a   Kabir, M A ^a,b   Tseng, Howard C ^a   Hillman, Norsrat ^a,b   Moezzi, Jazbieh ^a,b   Gopalswamy, N ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Jen Ei Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Case report; Cryptococcosis; Hepatitis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BIOPSY; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLESTASIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033025109     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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