Parvovirus B19 infection and autoimmune hepatitis in a child with sickle cell anemia

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 323-324

  Kordes, Uwe ^a   Schneppenheim, Reinhard ^a   Briem richter, Andrea ^a   Scherpe, Stefanie ^a   Schäfer, Hans Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VIRUS DNA;

AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PARVOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REMISSION; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA;

EID: 78650088609     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22820     Document Type: Letter

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