Hepatitis E after travel to India - Two case reports;Hepatitis E nach Indienaufenthalt - Zwei fallberichte

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 249-253

  Bulang, Thomas ^a   Porst, Heiner ^a  

^a ACADEMIC TEACHING HOSPITAL DRESDEN FRIEDRICHSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Antibodies to hepatitis E virus; Case report; Hepatitis E

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INDIA; MALAISE; MALE; NAUSEA; SINUSITIS; STOMACH PAIN; VOMITING;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL;

EID: 0034076234     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-14865     Document Type: Article

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