Autoimmune hepatitis in a North American Aboriginal/First Nations population

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 829-834

  Minuk, G Y ^a,b   Liu, S ^a   Kaita, K ^a   Wong, S ^a   Renner, E ^a   Rempel, J ^a   Uhanova, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Autoimmune hepatitis; Cirrhosis; First Nations; Hepatitis; Liver disease

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AZATHIOPRINE; BILIRUBIN; COMPLEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PREDNISONE; HEMOGLOBIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPLEMENT BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEPATOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; AMERICAN INDIAN; BLOOD; CANADA; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BILIRUBIN; CANADA; CHOLESTASIS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 58249084511     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/642432     Document Type: Article

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