Autoimmune hepatitis: A part of the antiphospholipid syndrome?

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 264-265

  Berkun, Yackov ^a   Gershwin, M Eric ^c   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticardiolipin antibody; Antiphospholipid syndrome; Autoimmune hepatitis; Hepatitis B and C virus infections

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; LIVER ENZYME; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; FETUS WASTAGE; HEART INFARCTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; LIVER INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS;

EID: 17244365532     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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