Autoimmune hepatitis with giant-cell transformation

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-70

  Estradas, José ^a   Pascual Ramos, Virginia ^a   Martínez, Braulio ^a   Uribe, Misael ^a   Torre, Aldo ^a,b  

^a Inst Nac de Cardiolog   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GERIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Giant cell hepatitis; Postinfantile giant cell hepatitis; Syncytial giant cell hepatitis

Indexed keywords

AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CLOMETACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GIANT CELL HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MORNING STIFFNESS; POLYARTHRITIS; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 62549111796     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31815-0     Document Type: Article

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