Hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia and transfusion-transmitted virus infection

Internal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1068-1070

  Miyamoto, Masahiko ^a,d   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^b   Sakata, Ikuhiro ^b   Adachi, Yukihiko ^c  

^a Nagayama Hospital   (Japan)

^b KINDAI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Nagayama Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pancytopenia; Steroid

Indexed keywords

GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 0034571361     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.39.1068     Document Type: Article

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