First report of acute autochthonous hepatitis E in Portugal

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-203

  Duque, Vitor ^a   Ventura, Conceição ^a   Seixas, Diana ^a   da Cunha, Saraiva ^a   Meliço Silvestre, António ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis e; Portugal; Sporadic

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INSULIN; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE AUTOCHTHONOUS HEPATITIS E; AGED; ANOREXIA; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEPATITIS E; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PORTUGAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84857174086     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2078     Document Type: Article

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