The Development of Connective Tissue Diseases in Patients with Autoimmune Hepatitis: A Case Series

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 344-348

  West, Margaret ^a   Jasin, Hugo E ^a   Medhekar, Swati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

autoimmune hepatitis; connective tissue disease; limited systemic scleroderma; systemic lupus erythematosus; undifferentiated connective tissue disease

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LACTULOSE; MERCAPTOPURINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE; SPIRONOLACTONE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LIMITED SCLERODERMA; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DNA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERODERMA, LIMITED;

EID: 33744902590     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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