A case of acute Q fever with severe acute cholestatic hepatitis

Gut and Liver

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-144

  Hyun, Cheul Choi ^a   Sang, Hyub Lee ^a   Kim, Junghee ^a   Sung, Han Kim ^a   Hwang, Jin Hyeok ^a   Kim, Jin Wook ^a   Jeong, Sook Hyang ^a   Kim, Haeryoung ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute Q fever; Fibrin ring granuloma; Severe cholestatic hepatitis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; Q FEVER;

EID: 67649300461     PISSN: 19762283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2009.3.2.141     Document Type: Article

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