Fulminant herpes hepatitis in an immunocompetent pregnant woman: CT imaging features

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 682-684

  Mortele K J ^a   Barish, M A ^a   Yucel, K E ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Herpes simplex virus; Infection; Liver; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4944236748     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-004-0199-y     Document Type: Article

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