Idiopathic adulthood ductopenia

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 411-415

  Nakano, I ^a   Fukuda, Y ^a   Koyama, Y ^a   Urano, F ^a   Yamada, M ^a   Katano, Y ^a   Marui, A ^a   Imada, K ^a   Hayakawa, T ^a   Ito, M ^a   Yamashita, Y ^a   Imoto, M ^a   Nakanuma, Y ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cholestasis; ductular proliferation; idiopathic adulthood ductopenia; intrahepatic bile ducts; primary biliary cirrhosis; primary sclerosing cholangitis; vanishing bile duct syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029930150     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1996.tb01392.x     Document Type: Article

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