A Study of Viral Hepatitis E Infection in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Mysore, South India

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sudharshana Murthy, Karkala Achutha ^a   Khan, Ismailkhan Mohammed ^a   Kiran, Pura Krishnamurthy ^a   Hakeem, Hisham ^a  

^a JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Abnormal liver function tests (SGPT:SGOT > 1); Abnormal renal functions; Alcohol abuse; Diabetes mellitus; Hepatitis E; Hyponatremia and hyperkalemia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; POTASSIUM; SERUM ALBUMIN; SODIUM; UREA;

AGE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING PARAMETERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INDIA; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN PROTHROMBIN TIME INTERNATIONAL NORMALISED RATIO; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINE COLOR;

EID: 84978328032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofu036     Document Type: Article

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