An atypical presentation for primary sclerosing cholangitis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2009-2016

  Luketic, Velimir A C ^a   Gomez, Diego A ^a,b   Sanyal, Arun J ^a   Shiffman, Mitchell L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Greenbrier Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical presentation; Autoimmune hepatitis; Cholangiography; Corticosteroid therapy; Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030775991     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018845829198     Document Type: Article

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