Unmasking autoimmune hepatitis under immunomodulatory treatment of multiple sclerosis - Not only beta interferon

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2147-2148

  Von Kalckreuth, Vera ^a   Lohse, Ansgar W ^a   Schramm, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; BILIRUBIN; GLATIRAMER; INTERFERON BETA SERINE; PREDNISOLONE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; JAUNDICE; LETTER; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REMISSION; SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERFERON-BETA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 49349102446     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01982_9.x     Document Type: Letter

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