Clinicopathologic features of Q fever patients with acute hepatitis

Korean Journal of Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-14

  Lee, Miji ^a   Jang, Jae Jeong ^a   Kim, Yang Soo ^a   Lee, Sang Oh ^a   Choi, Sang Ho ^a   Kim, Sung Han ^a   Yu, Eunsil ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Granuloma; Hepatitis; Liver biopsy; Q fever

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863297764     PISSN: 17381843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2012.46.1.10     Document Type: Article

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