Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis masquerading as autoimmune hepatitis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 538-540

  Tajiri, Kazuo ^a,b   Takenawa, Hiroshi ^a   Yamaoka, Kazuaki ^a,b   Yamane, Michio ^a,b   Marumo, Fumiaki ^a   Sato, Chifumi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hokushin General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; DR4; HLA; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Indexed keywords

HLA DR4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030696930     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199710000-00012     Document Type: Article

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