Autoimmune hepatitis triggered by administration of an herbal medicine

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 703-704

  Kamiyama, Toshinori ^b   Nouchi, Toshihiko ^b   Kojima, Shigeru ^b   Murata, Naoki ^b   Ikeda, Takaaki ^b   Sato, Chifumi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAISAIKOTO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FATTY DEGENERATION; LIVER INJURY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0030935574     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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