Should HIV-infected patients with unexplained chronic liver enzyme elevations be tested for hepatitis E virus?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1545-1546

  Kuniholm, Mark H ^a   Labrique, Alain B ^b   Nelson, Kenrad E ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

CHRONIC HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENZYMES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 77951837667     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652716     Document Type: Letter

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