Recurrent giant cell hepatitis in an 18 year old liver transplant patient

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-

  Shah, Justin A ^a   Steinbrecher, Urs P ^a   Erb, Siegfried R ^a   Tha, Susan P L ^a   Yoshida, Eric M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre Vancouver Coastal Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; INTERFERON; PREDNISONE; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GIANT CELL; GIANT CELL HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 50849103032     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31858-7     Document Type: Article

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