Host risk factors and autochthonous hepatitis e infection

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1200-1205

  Dalton, Harry R ^a,b   Bendall, Richard P ^a,b   Rashid, Mo ^c   Ellis, Vic ^a,b   Ali, Rachel ^b   Ramnarace, Rene ^b   Stableforth, William ^b   Headdon, William ^b   Abbott, Rose ^b   McLaughlin, Cara ^a   Froment, Emma ^a   Hall, Katie J ^a   Michell, Nick P ^b   Thatcher, Peter ^b   Henley, William E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alcohol; chronic liver disease; diabetes; hepatitis E virus risk factors; seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INSULIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PREDNISONE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOCHTHONOUS HEPATITIS E; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 80955142668     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32834ca4da     Document Type: Article

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