Acute hepatitis following mycophenolate mofetil administration for ANCA-positive vasculitis [4]

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-239

  Dourakis, S P ^a,d   Boki, K ^b   Soultati, A S ^a   Cherouvim, E P ^b   Delladetsima, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b SISMANOGLIO HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; AGED; ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; NEUTROPENIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; VASCULITIS;

EID: 34547453297     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740600844274     Document Type: Letter

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