Atypical Presentation of Cytomegalovirus Infection in a Liver Transplant Patient

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-209

  Bansal, Naresh ^a   Arora, Anil ^a   Kumaran, Vinay ^a   Mehta, Naimish ^a   Varma, Vibha ^a   Sharma, Praveen ^a   Tyagi, Pankaj ^a   Sachdeva, Munish ^a   Kumar, Ashish ^a  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Atypical presentation; Cytomegalovirus; Immunosuppressed; Liver transplant; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; ETHAMBUTOL; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; ISONIAZID; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; ONDANSETRON; PREDNISOLONE; PROCHLORPERAZINE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIAL TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; JAUNDICE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84863163868     PISSN: 09736883     EISSN: 22133453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0973-6883(11)60236-3     Document Type: Article

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