A case of undulating fevers and elevated liver tests after pancreas-kidney transplantation

Seminars in Liver Disease

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-93

  Im, Gene Y ^a   Sehgal, Vinita ^a   Ward, Stephen C ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic hepatitis E; elevated liver tests; fever of unknown origin; hepatitis; hepatitis E virus; HEV; immunosuppression; pancreas kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RIBAVIRIN; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CAUCASIAN; DENTAL CARIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS E; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; LACERATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; MYALGIA; PANCREAS EXOCRINE INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84875985386     PISSN: 02728087     EISSN: 10988971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1338117     Document Type: Article

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