Resolution of chronic hepatitis C following parasitosis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 31, 2007, Pages 4268-4269

  Byrnes, Valerie ^a   Chopra, Sanjiv ^a   Koziel, Margaret J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesiosis; Hepatitis C; Spontaneous viral clearance

Indexed keywords

ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ERADICATION THERAPY; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PARASITOSIS; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 34548511541     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i31.4268     Document Type: Article

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