Acalculous cholecystitis, multifocal gastrointestinal infarction and pancreatitis resulting from Varicella-zoster virus [2]

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-70

  Kurtovic, J ^a   Webster, G J M ^a   Singh Grewal, I ^a   Bullpitt, P ^a   Haindl, W ^a   Wakefield, D ^a   Riordan, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ETIFENIN TC 99M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AGED; ANOREXIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUODENUM ULCER; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; INTESTINE INFARCTION; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; NAUSEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; STOMACH ULCER; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; INFARCTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 13844273227     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2004.00724.x     Document Type: Letter

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