Chickenpox-associated fulminant hepatitis that led to liver transplantation in a 63-year-old woman

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1309-1312

  Roque Afonso, Anne Marie ^a,b,c   Bralet, Marie Pierre ^a,b,c   Ichai, Philippe ^a,b,c   Desbois, Delphine ^a,c   Vaghefi, Parissa ^a,b,c   Castaing, Denis ^a,b,c   Samuel, Didier ^a,b,c   Dussaix, Elisabeth ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^c HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; GANCICLOVIR; PREDNISONE; PRISTINAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; VIREMIA;

EID: 51349122090     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21514     Document Type: Article

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