A domestic case of acute sporadic hepatitis E identified in Hokuriku district

Kanzo/Acta Hepatologica Japonica

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 268-273

  Saitoh, Natsuko ^a   Doyama, Hisashi ^a   Quori, Toshiaki ^a   Yamada, Sinya ^a   Shimazaki, Hideki ^a  

^a ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

EID: 3042836546     PISSN: 04514203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2957/kanzo.45.268     Document Type: Article

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