Autoimmune hepatitis in older patients

Age and Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 441-444

  Newton, Julia L ^a   Burt, Alistair D ^a   Park, Jay B ^a   Mathew, Joseph ^a   Bassendine, Margaret R ^a   James, Oliver F W ^a  

^a The Medical School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Elderly patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AZATHIOPRINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0031469333     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.6.441     Document Type: Article

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