Primary cholangiohepatitis as an alternative name for primary biliary cirrhosis

Pathology International

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 412-414

  Nakanuma, Yasuni ^a   Harada, Kenichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimitochondrial antibodies; Autoimmune cholangitis; Autoimmune hepatitis; Chronic cholangitis; Interface hepatitis; Interlobular bile ducts

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BILE DUCT; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CHOLANGITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY CHOLANGIOHEPATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHOLANGITIS; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0037810527     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01490.x     Document Type: Letter

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