Epstein-barr virus associated acute hepatitis with cross-reacting antibodies to other herpes viruses in immunocompetent patients: Report of two cases

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 519-523

  Gupta, Ekta ^a   Bhatia, Vikram ^a   Choudhary, Aashish ^a   Rastogi, Archana ^a   Gupta, Naveen L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVER AND BILIARY SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Epstein Barr virus; Infectious mononucleosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECREASED APPETITE; DISEASE DURATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOMA; HERPES VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; SPLENOMEGALY; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE;

EID: 84873118720     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23489     Document Type: Article

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