Acute hepatitis E in Madrid: Description of 18 cases;Hepatitis aguda E en Madrid: Descripción de 18 casos

Gastroenterologia y Hepatologia

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 397-400

  Mateos, María Luisa ^a   Molina, Auxiliadora ^a   Ta, Thuy H ^a   Moreira, Víctor ^a   Milicua, José María ^a   Bárcena, Rafael ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MALE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 33748712031     PISSN: 02105705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13091452     Document Type: Article

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