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Hepatitis E Virus and Chronic Hepatitis in Organ-Transplant Recipients

Hepatitis E Virus and Chronic Hepatitis in Organ-Transplant Recipients

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Hepatitis E Virus and Chronic Hepatitis in Organ-Transplant Recipients

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Full title

Hepatitis E Virus and Chronic Hepatitis in Organ-Transplant Recipients

Publisher

Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

Journal title

The New England journal of medicine, 2008-02, Vol.358 (8), p.811-817

Language

English

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Publication information

Publisher

Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is considered responsible for acute hepatitis but has not been thought to cause progression to chronic hepatitis. The authors of this paper identified 14 transplant recipients who had acute HEV infection; in 8, the infection evolved to confirmed chronic hepatitis. The numbers of lymphocytes and of CD2, CD3, and CD4 T cells w...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Hepatitis E Virus and Chronic Hepatitis in Organ-Transplant Recipients

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Primary Identifiers

Record Identifier

TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_inserm_00409083v1

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_inserm_00409083v1

Other Identifiers

ISSN

0028-4793

E-ISSN

1533-4406

DOI

10.1056/NEJMoa0706992