A case report: Two patients with fulminant hepatitis E in Hokkaido, Japan

Hepatology Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-218

  Ohnishi, Sachiyo ^a   Kang, Jong Hon ^a   Maekubo, Hiroshi ^a   Takahashi, Kazuaki ^b   Mishiro, Shunji ^b  

^a TEINE KEIJINKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Etiology; Fulminant; Fulminant hepatitis; Hepatitis; Hepatitis E virus; Infected

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMOFILTRATION; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS NON B NON C; HUMAN; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TRAVEL;

EID: 0037307936     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(03)00009-3     Document Type: Article

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