Autoimmune hepatitis associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 1971-1976

  Kaneko, Fumihiko ^a   Yokomori, Hiroaki ^a   Tahara, Kumiko ^a   Takeshita, Tomochika ^a   Takeuchi, Hajime ^a   Yoshida, Hide ^a   Hoshi, Kenta ^a   Kondo, Hirobumi ^a   Ohbu, Makoto ^a   Sato, Tooru ^b   Hibi, Toshifumi ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Pulmonary arterial hypertension

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISOLONE; SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA CELL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 59849115561     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1420     Document Type: Article

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