Hepatitis: Hepatitis e and decompensated chronic liver disease

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 430-432

  Dalton, Harry R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES;

EID: 84864854238     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2012.121     Document Type: Review

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