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Extra-hepatic manifestations of autochthonous hepatitis E infection.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 1 Dec 2014
Woolson K L, Forbes A, Vine L, Beynon L, McElhinney L, Panayi V, Hunter J G, Madden R G, Glasgow T, Kotecha A, Dalton H C, Mihailescu L, Warshow U, Hussaini H S, Palmer J, Mclean B N, Haywood B, Bendall R P, Dalton H R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Autochthonous (locally acquired) hepatitis E is increasingly recognised in developed countries, and is thought to be a porcine zoonosis. A range of extra-hepatic manifestations of hepatitis E infection have been described, but have never been systematically studied. AIM: To report the extra-hepatic manifestations of hepatitis E virus. METHODS: Retrospective review of data of 106 cases of autochthonous...
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