Autoimmune paediatric liver disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 3360-3367

  Mieli Vergani, Giorgina ^a   Vergani, Diego ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Autoimmune sclerosing cholangitis; Children; Liver transplant

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; HLA DR ANTIGEN; LIVER KIDNEY MICROSOME 1 ANTIBODY; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ANOREXIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS TYPE 1; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS TYPE 2; AUTOIMMUNE SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHILD; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCREASED APPETITE; INFLAMMATION; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PSYCHOSIS; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 54349109150     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.3360     Document Type: Article

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