Recurrence of primary biliary cirrhosis and development of autoimmune hepatitis after liver transplant: A blind histologic study

Hepatology Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 577-584

  Hytiroglou, Prodromos ^a,b   Gutierrez, Julio A ^a   Freni, Maria ^a,c   Odin, Joseph A ^a   Stanca, Carmen M ^a   Merati, Sukma ^a   Schiano, Thomas D ^a   Branch, Andrea D ^a   Thung, Swan N ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Hepatitis C virus; Liver transplantation; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CHOLANGITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 66449085884     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2008.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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