Hepatitis B virus carrier status linked to autoimmune hepatitis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 468-471

  Murakami, Chisa ^a   Hino, Keisuke ^a   Okazaki, Muneko ^a   Fujii, Kaori ^a   Okuda, Michiari ^a   Hanada, Hiroshi ^a   Yamasaki, Takahiro ^a   Okita, Kiwamu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

autoimmunity; hepatitis C virus; steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; VIRUS CARRIER;

EID: 0029886609     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.35.468     Document Type: Article

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