Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in patients with cirrhosis is associated with rapid decompensation and death

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 387-394

  Kumar Acharya, Subrat ^a   Kumar Sharma, Praveen ^a   Singh, Rajbir ^a   Kumar Mohanty, Sujit ^a   Madan, Kaushal ^a   Kumar Jha, Jyotish ^a   Kumar Panda, Subrat ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Death; Decompensation; HEV

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DECOMPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; INDIA; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33846590512     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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