Markedly Prolonged Jaundice from Simultaneous Infection with Hepatitis E Virus and Leptospira

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 155-159

  Suzuki, Asuka ^a   Kumashiro, Ryukichi ^a   Shirachi, Miki ^a   Kuroki, Mina ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Tanikawa, Kyuichi ^b   Sata, Michio ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Intl Hepatology Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilirubin; Hepatitis E; Jaundice; Leptospira interrogans; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE; STREPTOMYCIN; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHINA; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; PRURITUS;

EID: 1042291874     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.50.155     Document Type: Article

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