Is there any association between non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and primary sclerosing cholangitis/autoimmune hepatitis overlap syndrome?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 867-868

  Cholongitas, Evangelos ^a   Pipili, Chrysoula ^a   Kaklamanis, Loukas ^b   Dasenaki, Maria ^a  

^a General Hospital of Sitia   (Greece)

^b Onasio Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS OVERLAP SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE;

EID: 39849087851     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9908-z     Document Type: Letter

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