Hepatitis E infection is an under recognized cause of acute decompensation in patients with chronic liver disease

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 930-934

  De Silva, Sampath ^a   Hassan Ibrahim, Mohammed Osman ^a   Austin, Mark ^a   Newport, Melanie ^b   Verma, Sumita ^b  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Acute on chronic liver disease; Hepatitis E virus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84867012963     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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