Antiphospholipid syndrome in combination with autoimmune hepatitis

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-243

  Hueber, Axel J ^a,b   Boxberger, Frank ^a   Ganslmayer, Marion ^a   Hahn, Eckhart G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Dept of Rheumatol and Int Med ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Anticardiolipin antibodies; Antiphospholipid syndrome; Autoimmune hepatitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LIVER ENZYME; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FAILURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 14844291387     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200502000-00017     Document Type: Article

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