Pemoline-induced autoimmune hepatitis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2233-2234

  Sterling, Mark J ^a   Kane, Mollie ^a   Grace, Norman D ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEMOLINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PEMOLINE; PREDNISONE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0029836775     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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