Acute hepatitis E with severe jaundice: Report of three cases

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1012-1015

  Moucari, Rami ^a   Bernuau, Jacques ^a   Nicand, Elisabeth ^b   Cazals Hatem, Dominique ^c   Valla, Dominique ^a   Marcellin, Patrick ^a   Asselah, Tarik ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Military Hospital Val de Gr ce   (France)

^c BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Acute viral hepatitis; Autochthonous; Enterically transmitted hepatitis; HEV RNA; Histology

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS E; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SERUM; TRAVEL; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; JAUNDICE; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TRAVEL;

EID: 37349092313     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328209414d     Document Type: Article

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