Natural history of hepatic sarcoidosis and its response to treatment

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 721-726

  Kennedy, Patrick T F ^a,e   Zakaria, Nada ^b   Modawi, Salma B ^b   Papadopoulou, Anthie M ^a   Murray Lyon, Iain ^a   Du Bois, Roland M ^c   Jervoise N Andreyev, H ^d   Devlin, John ^b  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute of Hepatology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatic sarcoidosis; Immunosuppression; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER SARCOIDOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745264450     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.meg.0000223911.85739.38     Document Type: Article

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