Comparison of clinical features of acute hepatitis caused by hepatitis E virus (HEV) genotypes 3 and 4 in Sapporo, Japan

Hepatology Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-307

  Ohnishi, Sachiyo ^a   Kang, Jong Hon ^a   Maekubo, Hiroshi ^a   Arakawa, Tomohiro ^b   Karino, Yoshiyasu ^b   Toyota, Joji ^b   Takahashi, Kazuaki ^c   Mishiro, Shunji ^c  

^a TEINE KEIJINKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Kosei General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Shinagawa ku   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis E; Clinical features; Fulminant hepatitis; Genotype; Hepatitis E virus; Severe acute hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 33750873566     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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