Chronic hepatitis E - an emerging disease in an immunocompromised host

Gastroenterology Report

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 152-155

  Singh, Amitabh ^a   Seth, Rachna ^a   Gupta, Anand ^a   Shalimar, ^a   Nayak, Baibaswata ^b   Acharya, Subrat kumar ^b   Das, Prasenjit ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis E; Chronic liver disease; Immunosuppression; Ribavirin

Indexed keywords

EID: 85054526732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20520034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gastro/gow024     Document Type: Article

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