SARS-Associated Viral Hepatitis Caused by a Novel Coronavirus: Report of Three Cases

Hepatology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 302-310

  Chau, Tai Nin ^a,b   Lee, Kam Cheong ^a   Yao, Hung ^a   Tsang, Tak Yin ^a   Chow, Tat Chong ^a   Yeung, Yiu Cheong ^a   Choi, Kin Wing ^a   Tso, Yuk Keung ^a   Lau, Terence ^a   Lai, Sik To ^a   Lai, Ching Lung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LOPINAVIR; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PYRIMIDINONE DERIVATIVE; RIBAVIRIN; RITONAVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL ACTIVITY; CHOLESTASIS; CORONAVIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG COMBINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FIBRIN DEPOSITION; GENETICS; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MITOCHONDRION; MITOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BIOPSY; CORONAVIRUS; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV PROTEASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; LIVER; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSIS; PYRIMIDINONES; RITONAVIR; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 10744229992     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20111     Document Type: Article

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