Fulminant autoimmune hepatitis in a girl with 22q13 deletion syndrome: A previously unreported association

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-227

  Tufano, Maria ^a   Della Corte, Claudia ^a   Cirillo, Francesco ^a   Spagnuolo, Maria Immacolata ^a   Candusso, Manila ^b   Melis, Daniela ^a   Torre, Giuliano ^b   Iorio, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

22q13 syndrome; Autoimmune hepatitis; Shank3 protein

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 58149087898     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-008-0732-z     Document Type: Article

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