Treatment of autoimmune cholangitis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2160-2163

  Mohr, Leonhard ^a,b   Heintges, Tobias ^a   Hensel, Frank ^a   Niederau, Claus ^a   Häussinger, Dieter ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune cholangitis; Chronic autoimmune hepatitis; Immunocholangitis; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Ursodeoxycholic acid

Indexed keywords

URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CHOLANGITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 0031695797     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018840105188     Document Type: Article

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