A case of visceral leishmaniasis misdiagnosed as autoimmune hepatitis [1]

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-53

  Dalgiç, Buket ^a,b   Dursun, Ismail ^b   Akyol, Gülen ^b  

^a Gazi University Faculty of Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRRITABILITY; KUPFFER CELL; LETTER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BONE MARROW; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL;

EID: 17644394259     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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