Fulminant liver failure from acute autochthonous hepatitis E in France: Description of seven patients with acute hepatitis E and encephalopathy

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 298-303

  Peron J M ^a   Bureau, C ^a   Poirson, H ^a   Mansuy, J M ^a   Alric, L ^a   Selves, J ^a   Dupuis, E ^a   Izopet, J ^a   Vinel, J P ^a  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Fulminant liver failure cirrhosis; Hepatitis E

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 6; PROTHROMBIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRAVEL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; DNA, VIRAL; FECES; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 34247121826     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2007.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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