Association of severity of hepatitis E virus infection in the mother and vertically transmitted infection in the fetus

JK Practitioner

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 70-74

  Khuroo, Mohammad Sultan ^a   Kamili, Saleem ^b  

^a Khyber Medical Institute   (India)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute viral hepatitis; Fulminant hepatic failure; Hepatitis E virus; Mirror syndrome; Obstetric complications; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NECROSIS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; VIREMIA; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 34249069849     PISSN: 09718834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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