Uveitis in autoimmune hepatitis: A case report

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1637-1640

  Romanelli, Roberto Giulio ^a,b   La Villa, Giorgio ^a   Almerigogna, Fabio ^a   Vizzutti, Francesco ^a   Di Pietro, Elena ^a   Fedi, Valentina ^a   Gentilini, Paolo ^a   Laffi, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliero   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; FERRITIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOSIDERIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IRON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PREDNISONE; SALICYLIC ACID; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; UREA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BASOPHIL; BLURRED VISION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOCRIT; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; OUTPATIENT; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOTOPHOBIA; REMISSION; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; UVEITIS;

EID: 33645747782     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i10.1637     Document Type: Article

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