Autoimmune hepatitis in a patient with sickle cell disease

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1016-1018

  El Younis, C M ^b   Min, A D ^b   Fiel, M I ^b   Klion, F M ^b   Thung, S N ^b   Faire, B ^b   Miller, C M ^b   Bodenheimer Jr , H C ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MALAISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; VOMITING;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AZATHIOPRINE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0030012790     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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