Characteristics of hepatitis viruses among Egyptian children with acute hepatitis

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1459-1465

  Youssef, Ahmed ^a   Yano, Yoshihiko ^a   El Sayed Zaki, Maysaa ^b   Utsumi, Takako ^a,c   Hayashi, Yoshitake ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Children; Egypt; Hepatitis virus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; AFRICA; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA EXTRACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84874623402     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2013.1822     Document Type: Article

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