Meet Sarah - A vignette of autoimmune hepatitis and pregnancy

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2945-

  Riely, Caroline A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS E; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; JAUNDICE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036896596     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(02)05506-5     Document Type: Editorial

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