Icteric acute hepatitis E with no response of immunoglobulin M class anti-hepatitis E virus antibody

Hepatology Research

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1146-1149

  Takikawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Miyamoto, Yasuhiro ^a   Onodera, Mio ^a   Kuroda, Hidekatu ^a   Kasai, Kazuhiro ^a   Miyasaka, Akio ^a   Takahashi, Masaharu ^b   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^b   Suzuki, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis E; Enzyme linked immunoassay; Immunoglobulin A anti hepatitis E virus antibody; Immunoglobulin M anti hepatitis E virus antibody

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LIVER ENZYME; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; GASTRECTOMY; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 84868018560     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: 1872034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2012.01023.x     Document Type: Article

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