Acute hepatitis C complicated by pancreatitis: Another extrahepatic manifestation of hepatitis C virus?

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 84-86

  Alvares Da Silva M R ^a,b   Francisconi, C F M ^a   Waechter, F L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b Praça São Caetano ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis C; Extrahepatic manifestations; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; VIRUS RNA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; NAUSEA; PANCREATITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 0034092830     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.2000.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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