Prolonged acute hepatitis A mimicking autoimmune hepatitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 3791-3793

  Mikata, Rintaro ^a   Yokosuka, Osamu ^a   Imazeki, Fumio ^a   Fukai, Kenichi ^a   Kanda, Tatsuo ^a   Saisho, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Hepatitis A; IgG; Prolonged

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23844484228     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i24.3791     Document Type: Article

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