Acute hepatitis E in Montenegro: Epidemiology, clinical and laboratory features

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-206

  Terzic, Dragica ^a   Dupanovic, Brankica ^a   Mugosa, Boban ^b   Draskovic, Nenad ^a   Svirtlih, Neda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

^b Institute for Public Health Montenegro   (Montenegro)

^c CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Epidemiology; Gamma glutamyltranspeptidase; Hepatitis E virus; Montenegro

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATOMEGALY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTENEGRO (REPUBLIC); PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; LIVER; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; CHILD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTENEGRO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952511966     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31766-1     Document Type: Article

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