Mycophenolate mofetil as rescue treatment for autoimmune liver disease in children: A 5-year follow-up

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 156-160

  Aw, Marion M ^a   Dhawan, Anil ^b   Samyn, Marianne ^b   Bargiota, Aikaterini ^b   Mieli Vergani, Giorgina ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Autoimmune liver disease; Immunosuppression; Paediatrics; Sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; MALE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67349142573     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.02.024     Document Type: Article

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