A case of autoimmune hepatitis and autoimmune hemolytic anemia following hepatitis A infection

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 204-207

  Urganci, Nafiye ^a,c   Akyildiz, Başak ^a   Yildirmak, Yildiz ^a   Özbay, Gülşen ^b  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Cudi Efendi sok   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia; Autoimmune hepatitis; Hepatitis A

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LIVER ENZYME; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COOMBS TEST; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MALE; PALPATION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REMISSION; RETICULOCYTOSIS; STEROID THERAPY;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0345168841     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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