Acute fatty liver of pregnancy - An underlying condition for herpes simplex type 2 fulminant hepatitis necessitating liver transplantation

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 451-454

  Luzar, Boštjan ^a   Ferlan Marolt, V ^a   Poljak, M ^b   Sojar, V ^c   Stanisavljevic D ^c   Bukovac, T ^c   Markovic S ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy; Fulminant hepatitis; Herpes simplex virus type 2; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ACUTE FATTY LIVER OF PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CERVIX UTERI; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FATAL OUTCOME; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATOCYTES; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 20044369173     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-857952     Document Type: Article

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