Sarcoidosis mimicking primary sclerosing cholangitis requiring liver transplantation

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-86

  Tombazzi, Claudio ^a,c   Waters, Bradford ^a   Ismail, Mohammad K ^a   Sylvestre, Pamela B ^a   Martinez Hernandez, Antonio ^a,b   Riely, Caroline A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary stricture; Cholestasis; Granulomas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; SARCOIDOSIS; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41549109805     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31894-0     Document Type: Article

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