Hepatic granuloma: Decreasing trend in a high-incidence area

Liver International

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1402-1407

  Sanai, Faisal M ^a   Ashraf, Suhail ^a   Abdo, Ayman A ^b   Satti, Mohammed B ^c   Batwa, Faisal ^c   Al Husseini, Hussa ^a   Saleh, Ahmed M ^a   Bzeizi, Khalid I ^a  

^a The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Granulomatous hepatitis; Hepatic granuloma; Histology; Liver biopsy; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRANULOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TREND STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BILIRUBIN; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA; SERUM ALBUMIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 54049143870     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2008.01837.x     Document Type: Article

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