Liver failure attributable to hepatitis A virus infection in a developing country

Pediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 436-438

  Shah, Uzma ^d   Habib, Zehra ^b   Kleinman, Ronald E ^a,c  

^a Comb Prog Pediat G ^*  (United States)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Hepatic encephalopathy; Hepatitis A; Liver failure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SANITATION; SURVIVAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033973410     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.105.2.436     Document Type: Article

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