Characteristics of patients dying from acute viral hepatitis in Serbia

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-157

  Svirtlih, Neda ^a   Delic, Dragan ^a   Simonovic, Jasmina ^a   Dokic, Ljubisa ^a   Gvozdenovic, Eleonora ^a   Dulovic, Olga ^a   Nesic, Zorica ^a   Boricic, Ivan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Fulminant; Hepatitis B virus; Liver failure

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CELL; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERBIA; SEROLOGY; SUBFULMINANT VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BILIRUBIN; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; NECROSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERBIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79960236701     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4318/tjg.2011.0184     Document Type: Article

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