Autoimmune hepatitis and pregnancy: A rheumatologist's dilemma

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-56

  Candia, Liliana ^a   Marquez, Javier ^a   Espinoza, Luis R ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Chronic active hepatitis; Immunosuppressive treatment; Lupoid hepatitis; Outcome; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CHILDHOOD; CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER DISEASE; LUPOID HEPATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDLINE; PATHOGENESIS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 23444432879     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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