Autoimmune hepatitis triggered by acute hepatitis A

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 38, 2005, Pages 6069-6071

  Tanaka, Hiroto ^a   Tujioka, Hiroto ^a   Ueda, Hiroki ^a   Hamagami, Hiroki ^a   Kida, Youhei ^a   Ichinose, Masakazu ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis A; Autoimmune hepatitis; HLA; International criteria for AIH

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEPATITIS A; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; STEROID THERAPY; VOMITING;

EID: 28644440786     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i38.6069     Document Type: Article

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