Hepatitis A acute liver failure: Follow-up of paediatric patients in southern Brazil

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL.2, 2008, Pages 66-68

  Ferreira, C T ^a   Vieira, S M G ^a   Kieling, C O ^a   Silveira, T R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Fulminant hepatic failure; Hepatitis A; Hepatitis A vaccination; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 50649090503     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2008.01033.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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