Autoimmune hepatitis associated with Kikuchi-Fujimoto's disease

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-82

  Shusang, Vibhakorn ^a   Marelli, Laura ^a   Beynon, Huw ^a   Davies, Neil ^a   Patch, David ^a   Dhillon, Amar Paul ^a   Burroughs, Andrew K ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Kikuchi Fujimoto's disease; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; KIKUCHI DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HISTIOCYTIC NECROTIZING LYMPHADENITIS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPH NODES; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349094341     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32825a6a9e     Document Type: Article

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