Granulomatous hepatitis in a patient with chronic hepatitis C treated with interferon-α

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1445-1448

  Veerabagu, Manjakkollai P ^a   Finkelstein, Sydney D ^a   Rabinovitz, Mordechai ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Granulomatous hepatitis; Interferon

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER HISTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030806849     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018806508474     Document Type: Article

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