Hepatitis E presenting with thrombocytopaenia

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 219-220

  Masood, Irfan ^a   Rafiq, Ali ^a   Majid, Zain ^a  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E; immune mediated; thrombocytopaenia; young male

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAUNDICE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; PAKISTAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; EMERGENCIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; PAKISTAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84908699447     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049475514521610     Document Type: Article

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