Autoimmune hepatitis induced by the prolonged hepatitis a virus infection

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-179

  Tabak, Fehmi ^a   Ozdemir, Filiz ^b   Tabak, Omur ^c   Erer, Burak ^d   Tahan, Veysel ^b   Ozaras, Resat ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Istanbul Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Chronic infection; Hepatitis A; Prolonged infection

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45349100207     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31878-2     Document Type: Article

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