Acute hepatic failure due to dengue: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Giri, Subhash ^a   Agarwal, Mukul P ^a   Sharma, Vishal ^a   Singh, Ankur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DENGUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URINE VOLUME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908596765     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: 17571626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-1-204     Document Type: Article

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