Spontaneous remission of autoimmune hepatitis in pregnancy and postpartum flare [10]

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 104-

  Elsing, Christoph ^a   Stremmel, Wolfgang ^b   Herrmann, Thomas ^b  

^a St Elisabeth Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; DELIVERY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LOW DRUG DOSE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; REMISSION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; PREDNISOLONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 34250378782     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 02548860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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