Severe autoimmune hepatitis triggered by varicella zoster infection

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1004-1006

  Al Hamoudi, Waleed K ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Autoimmune liver disease; Infection; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; LIVER ENZYME; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; VIRUS PROTEIN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOMEGALY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALAISE; MALE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; VOMITING; BLOOD; INFLAMMATION; PATHOLOGY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHICKENPOX; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649131486     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.1004     Document Type: Article

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