A comparative study of hepatitis caused by scrub typhus and viral hepatitis A in South Korea

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 873-877

  Lee, Jun ^a,b   Kim, Dong Min ^a,b   Yun, Na Ra ^a,b   Byeon, Yu Mi ^a,b   Kim, Young Dae ^a,b   Park, Chan Guk ^a,b   Kim, Man Woo ^a,b   Han, Mi Ah ^a,b,c  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCRUB TYPHUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH KOREA; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SCRUB TYPHUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81155134269     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.09-0703     Document Type: Article

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