Autoimmune hepatitis type 1 after Epstein-Barr virus infection [1]

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 387-

  Nobili, Valerio ^a   Comparcola, Donatella ^a   Sartorelli, Maria Rita ^a   Devito, Rita ^a   Marcellini, Matilde ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune and Epstein Barr virus infection

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0242416536     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000060825.68086.9c     Document Type: Letter

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