Viral diseases of the liver in children: Diagnostic and differential diagnostic considerations

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 552-567

  White, Frances V ^a   Dehner, Louis P ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Hepatitis; Hepatotropic viruses; Liver disease; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; AUTOANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADENOVIRUS; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE COURSE; ECHO VIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIVER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARVOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA VIRUS; RUBELLA VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS; WILSON DISEASE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 12544253468     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-004-8101-z     Document Type: Review

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