A case report about the most common yet most forgotten hepatitis E

American Journal of Case Reports

Volumn 17, Issue , 2016, Pages 584-586

  Chandnani, Madhuri ^a   Kaur, Mandeep ^a   Ramadhas, Anusha ^a   Tumarinson, Taisiya ^a  

^a QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Developed countries; Hepatitis E; Hepatitis, viral, human

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYZINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LOSS OF APPETITE; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRURITUS; URINE COLOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84984991423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19415923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.899261     Document Type: Article

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