An outbreak of veno-occlusive liver disease in northern Ethiopia, clinical findings

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages 9-16

  Bane, Abate ^a   Seboxa, Teshale ^a   Mesfin, Gebrekidan ^b   Ali, Ahmed ^a   Tsegaye, Yohannes ^a   Tensae, Mihret W ^a   Selassie, Solomon G ^a   Haile, Tewodros ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b WHO Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

^c Addis Ababa University ^*  (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Liver disease; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Veno occlusive disease

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOIDS; RURAL POPULATION; WATER POLLUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865200152     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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