Usefulness of corticosteroids for the treatment of severe and fulminant forms of autoimmune hepatitis

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 996-1003

  Ichai, Philippe ^a   Duclos Vallée, Jean Charles ^a   Guettier, Catherine ^a   Hamida, Sonia B ^a   Antonini, Theresa ^a   Delvart, Valérie ^a   Saliba, Faouzi ^a   Azoulay, Daniel ^a   Castaing, Denis ^a   Samuel, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; BILIRUBIN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; GANCICLOVIR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIPERACILLIN; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; TRIMETHOPRIM SULFATE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD TOXICITY; BRAIN DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DETERIORATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYCOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; BILIRUBIN; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547394251     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21036     Document Type: Article

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