Biermer's anemia: A new cause of cholestasis and hepatic steatosis?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3366-3368

  Roblin, Xavier ^a   Genevois, Maud ^a   Ducros, V ^a   Zarski, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Leroy, Vincent ^a,b  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Hyperhomocysteinemia; Pernicious anemia, Cholestasis; Steatopathy

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GASTRIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MYELOGRAPHY; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY;

ANEMIA, PERNICIOUS; CHOLESTASIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 35948953543     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9761-0     Document Type: Article

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