Chronic Hepatitis E Virus infection challenges in diagnosis and recognition in the United States

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 86-88

  Pavri, Tanya M ^a   Herbst, David A ^a   Reddy, K Rajender ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; RIBAVIRIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; BILE DUCT INJURY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KIDNEY GRAFT; LETTER; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RIBAVIRIN; RNA, VIRAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893202971     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000000082     Document Type: Letter

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