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Staging liver fibrosis after severe yellow fever with ultrasound elastography in Brazil: A six-month follow-up study

BACKGROUND: Yellow fever (YF) is a hemorrhagic disease caused by an arbovirus endemic in South America, with recent outbreaks in the last years. Severe cases exhibit fulminant hepatitis, but there are no studies regarding its late-term effects on liver parenchyma. Thus, the aim of this study was to...

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Autores principales: Neves, Yuri Costa Sarno, de Castro-Lima, Victor Augusto Camarinha, Solla, Davi Jorge Fontoura, Ogata, Vivian Simone de Medeiros, Pereira, Fernando Linhares, Araujo, Jordana Machado, Nastri, Ana Catharina Seixas, Ho, Yeh-Li, Chammas, Maria Cristina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8323872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34283826
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009594