Hepatocellular carcinoma complicating autoimmune hepatitis without either hepatitis C viral infection or corticosteroid therapy [2]

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-199

  Hori, Kazutoshi ^a   Fukuda, Yoshihiro ^a   Tomita, Toshihiko ^a   Tanaka, Junji ^a   Kosaka, Tadashi ^a   Tamura, Kazutami ^a   Shimoyama, Takashi ^a   Yasoshima, Hitoshi ^a   Kubota, Akira ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BILIRUBIN; CORTICOSTEROID; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; VIRUS RNA;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEMORRHAGIC GASTRITIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTHERAPY; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037301203     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350300034     Document Type: Letter

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