De Novo Autoimmune Hepatitis Following Liver Transplantation: A Case Report

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2073-2074

  Di Cocco, P ^a   Barletta, A ^a   Clemente, K ^a   D'Angelo, M ^a   Greco, S ^a   Mazzotta, C ^a   Orlando, G ^a   Rizza, V ^a   Famulari, A ^a   Grimaldi, A ^a   Pisani, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48049090506     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.05.042     Document Type: Article

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