Herpes simplex virus-associated acute liver failure: A difficult diagnosis with a poor prognosis

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1550-1555

  Ichai, Philippe ^a   Roque Afonso, Anne Marie ^a   Sebagh, Mylène ^a   Gonzalez, Maria Eugenia ^a   Codés, Liana ^a   Azoulay, Daniel ^a   Saliba, Faouzi ^a   Karam, Vincent ^a   Dussaix, Elisabeth ^a   Guettier, Catherine ^a   Castaing, Denis ^a   Samuel, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERINFECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIROLOGY;

ACYCLOVIR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30444432255     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20545     Document Type: Article

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