Is melatonin associated with the development of autoimmune hepatitis?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 376-378

  Hong, Y Gia ^a   Riegler, Jonathan L ^a,b  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune related toxicity; Melatonin

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; MELATONIN; PREDNISONE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INSOMNIA; LIVER BIOPSY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LIVER; MELATONIN;

EID: 0031435993     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199707000-00020     Document Type: Article

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