Severe thrombocytopenia associated with acute hepatitis E virus infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2450-2452

  Colson, P ^a,b   Payraudeau, E ^a   Leonnet, C ^c   De Montigny, S ^c   Villeneuve, L ^c   Motte, A ^a   Tamalet, C ^a,b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier d'Aubagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

AGED; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 49049098136     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02295-07     Document Type: Article

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