Herpes simplex virus hepatitis - it's high time we consider empiric treatment

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-96

  Navaneethan, Udayakumar ^a,b   Lancaster, Elisha ^a   Venkatesh, Preethi GK ^b   Wang, Jiang ^a   Neff, Guy W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Fulminant hepatic failure; Herpes simplex virus; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER BIOPSY; PREGNANCY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 79953670156     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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