Chronic hepatitis e virus infection in a patient with leukemia and elevated transaminases: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gauss, Annika ^a   Wenzel, Juergen J ^b   Flechtenmacher, Christa ^a   Navid, Mojdeh Heidary ^a   Eisenbach, Christoph ^a   Jilg, Wolfgang ^b   Stremmel, Wolfgang ^a   Schnitzler, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autochthonous hepatitis E; Chronic hepatitis; Hepatitis E virus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CD20 ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; PENTOSTATIN; RITUXIMAB; VIRUS RNA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; B CELL CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; BLADDER DISEASE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84866783527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-6-334     Document Type: Article

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