Autoimmune hepatitis 2 years after the diagnosis of primary sclerosing cholangitis: An unusual overlap syndrome in a 17-year-old adolescent

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 232-236

  Mueller, Tanja ^a   Bianchi, Leonardo ^b   Menges, Markus ^a,c  

^a Diakonie Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Diakonie Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Cholangiographic features; Histopathological features; Overlap syndrome; Primary sclerosing cholangitis; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IRON DERIVATIVE; IRON GLYCINSULFATE; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERMENORRHEA; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; SYNDROME; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 39849093276     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e3282e1c648     Document Type: Article

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