Precise histological evaluation of liver biopsy specimen is indispensable for diagnosis and treatment of acute-onset autoimmune hepatitis

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 951-958

  Fujiwara, Keiichi ^a,b   Fukuda, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Yokosuka, Osamu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kawatetsu Chiba Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute onset; Autoimmune hepatitis; Centrizonal necrosis; Iimmuno suppressive therapy; Liver biopsy; Plasma cell infiltration

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEOMINOPHAGEN C; PREDNISOLONE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; BILIRUBIN; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 58149197665     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-008-2254-x     Document Type: Article

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