Parvovirus B19 in an immunocompetent adult patient with acute liver failure: An underdiagnosed cause of acute non-A-E viral hepatitis

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 161-162

  Ho, J Kee ^a   Tha, Susan P L ^a   Coupland, Robert ^a   Dalal, Bakul I ^a   Bowie, William R ^a   Sreenivasan, Gayatri M ^a   Krajden, Mel ^b   Yoshida, Eric M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; Liver failure; Parvovirus B19

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIVER ENZYME;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CASE REPORT; CHINA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS NON A TO E; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; PANCYTOPENIA; PARVOVIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SORE THROAT;

EID: 17644409060     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2005/853947     Document Type: Article

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