Acute hepatitis b in an urban tertiary care hospital in the united states: A cohort evaluation

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages e87-e90

  Sharif, Omar ^a   Krishnan, Prashant V ^a   Thekdi, Ashish D ^a   Gordon, Stuart C ^a  

^a Henry Ford Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis B; Epidemiology; Hepatitis B; Nosocomial infection; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; LAMIVUDINE; TENOFOVIR;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; JAUNDICE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIXED INFECTION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884671704     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31828a383c     Document Type: Article

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