Reversal of cirrhosis in a patient with primary biliary cirrhosis-autoimmune hepatitis overlap syndrome

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 167-170

  Vallone, Thomas M ^a   Ditelberg, Jeremy ^a   Kaplan, Marshall M ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Overlap syndrome; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Treatment response

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COLCHICINE; COLESTYRAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; LACTULOSE; METHOTREXATE; NADOLOL; PREDNISONE; SPIRONOLACTONE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; CHOLAGOGUE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG SAFETY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NAUSEA; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; COLCHICINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 14544297436     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-1296-7     Document Type: Article

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