First report of chronic hepatitis E in renal transplant recipients in Portugal

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1639-1642

  Breda, Filipe ^a   Cochicho, Joana ^a   Mesquita, João Rodrigo ^b   Bento, Ana ^a   Oliveira, Rui Pedro ^a   Louro, Emília ^a   São José Nascimento, Maria ^b   Leitão, Jorge ^a   Gomes, Henrique Vieira ^a   Carvalho, Armando ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; EVEROLIMUS; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RIBAVIRIN; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS E; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBROSIS; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PORTUGAL; SMOKING; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIOPSY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY;

HEPATITIS E VIRUS;

BIOPSY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS;

EID: 84918514312     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.4637     Document Type: Article

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