Posttransplant immune hepatitis in pediatric liver transplant recipients: Incidence and maintenance therapy with azathioprine

Transplantation

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 267-272

  Andries, Sybille ^a   Casamayou, Lucia ^a   Sempoux, Christine ^a   Burlet, Muriel ^a   Reding, Raymond ^a   Bernard Otte, Jean ^a   Buts, Jean Paul ^a   Sokal, Etienne ^a,b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UCL St Luc 1301   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SCREENING; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0034902744     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200107270-00018     Document Type: Article

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