Occurrence of autoimmune hepatitis during the course of primary biliary cirrhosis: Report of two cases

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-46

  Kanda, Tatsuo ^a,b   Yokosuka, Osamu ^a   Hirasawa, Yuichi ^a   Imazeki, Fumio ^a   Nagao, Keiichi ^b   Saisho, Hiromitsu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimitochondrial antibody; Autoimmune hepatitis; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 30844453637     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-3083-5     Document Type: Article

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