Characteristics of primary sclerosing cholangitis in Japan

Hepatology Research

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2007, Pages

  Takikawa, Hajime ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune pancreatitis; Cholangiography; Diagnostic criteria; IgG4; Inflammatory bowel disease; Sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; STEROID; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTERITIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JAPAN; JAUNDICE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 35348903167     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2007.00241.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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