Fulminant hepatic failure in a newborn with herpes simplex virus 2 infection.

Eur J Pediatr

Department of Neonatology and Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine, University Children's Hospital of the Saarland, Kirrbergerstrasse, 66421 Homburg, Germany.

Published: November 2005

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