Locally acquired hepatitis E in chronic liver disease

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9569, 2007, Pages 1260-

  Dalton, HR ^a   Hazeldine, S ^b   Banks, M ^c   Ijaz, S ^d   Bendall, R ^a  

^a ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY;

CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SWINE; UNITED KINGDOM; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 34147159718     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60595-9     Document Type: Letter

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