Severe hepatitis with autoimmune features following a HHV-6: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Grima, Pierfrancesco ^a   Chiavaroli, Roberto ^a   Calabrese, Paola ^a   Tundo, Paolo ^a   Grima, Piero ^a  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (Italy)

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EID: 84868136851     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: 17571626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-1-110     Document Type: Article

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