A case of Overlap Syndrome: Autoimmune idiopathic hepatitis/pulmonary idiopathic hypertension;Un caso di Overlap Sindrome: Epatite autoimmune/Ipertensione polmonare idiopatica

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 313-315

  Bertino, Gaetano ^a,c   Ardiri, A M ^a   Boemi, P M ^a   Ierna, D ^a   Pulvirenti, D ^b   Neri, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Patologie Sistemiche   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

ANA; Chronic autoimmune hepatitis; Connetivopathies; Idiopathic pulmonary hypertension; Overlap syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; PREDNISONE; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547644088     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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