A patient with clinical features of acute hepatitis E viral infection and autoimmune hepatitis

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-179

  Nagasaki, Futoshi ^b   Ueno, Yoshiyuki ^b   Mano, Yutaka ^b   Igarashi, Takehiko ^b   Yahagi, Kaichiro ^b   Niitsuma, Hirofumi ^b   Okamoto, Hiroaki ^a   Shimosegawa, Tooru ^b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis; Autoimmune hepatitis; Hepatitis E virus; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE CRYPTOGENIC HEPATITIS; ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; PATHOGENESIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTIBODIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS;

EID: 21244486699     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.206.173     Document Type: Article

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