Differentiation of typhoid fever from fulminant hepatic failure in patients presenting with jaundice and encephalopathy

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 462-466

  Kamath, Patrick S ^a,b   Jalihal, Anand ^a,b   Chakraborty, Amiya ^a,b  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER FAILURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER; VEIN OCCLUSION;

EID: 0034022482     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/75.5.462     Document Type: Article

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