Acute autochthonous hepatitis e in western patients with underlying chronic liver disease: A role for ribavirin?

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1323-1324

  Peron J M ^a,b   Dalton, H ^c   Izopet, J ^a   Kamar, N ^a,b  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^c ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBAVIRIN;

ACUTE AUTOCHTHONOUS HEPATITIS E; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; LETTER; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIBAVIRIN;

EID: 79956101582     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: 01688278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.01.009     Document Type: Letter

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