Epidemiology and clinical features of sporadic hepatitis E as compared with hepatitis A

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 292-296

  Chau, Tai Nin ^a   Lai, Sik To ^b   Tse, Cyndy ^b   Ng, Tak Keung ^b   Leung, Vincent King Sun ^a   Lim, Wilina ^d   Ng, Mun Hon ^c  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d Government Virus Unit   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTERIC VIRUS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS E; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHELLFISH; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS, HUMAN; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33644910712     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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