Onset of autoimmune hepatitis during intravenous steroid therapy for thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy in a patient with Hashimoto's thyroiditis: Case report

Thyroid

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 631-634

  Salvi, Mario ^a   Vannucchi, Guia ^a   Sbrozzi, Francesco ^a   Del Castello, Alessandra Bottari ^a   Carnevali, Alessandra ^a   Fargion, Silvia ^b   Beck Peccoz, Paolo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; LEVOTHYROXINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ACTIVITY SCORE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EUTHYROIDISM; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; INFUSION; LIVER BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REBOUND; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRAVES DISEASE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 4143065899     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1050725041692927     Document Type: Article

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