The incidence of sporadic viral hepatitis in North India: A preliminary study

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 596-599

  Kumar, Subrat ^a   Ratho, Radha Kanta ^a   Chawla, Yogesh Kumar ^a   Chakraborti, Anuradha ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Fulminant liver failure; Pregnancy; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; JAUNDICE; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 37849038676     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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