Comparison of clinical features and liver histology in acute and chronic autoimmune hepatitis

Hepatology Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 784-789

  Iwai, Masaki ^a,b   Jo, Masayasu ^a   Ishii, Michiaki ^a   Mori, Takahiro ^a   Harada, Yoshinori ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute type; Autoimmune hepatitis; Autoimmune hepatitis criteria; Bileducts; Clinical features; Liver histology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSETTE FORMATION;

EID: 47649108161     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2008.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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