Autoimmune hepatitis/primary sclerosing cholangitis overlap syndrome in a child: Diagnostic usefulness of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 225-227

  Lee, Way Seah ^a   Saw, Chong Beng ^a   Sarji, Sazilah Ahmad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography; Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AZATHIOPRINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PREDNISOLONE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS;

EID: 18444374415     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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