Overlap syndrome between autoimmune hepatitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis in two cases

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 559-564

  Griga, Thomas ^a   Tromm, Andreas ^a   Müller, Klaus Michael ^a   May, Burkard ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Overlap syndrome; Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSVERSE COLON;

EID: 0034088717     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200012050-00014     Document Type: Article

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