Characteristics and long-term prognosis of the autoimmune hepatitis/primary sclerosing cholangitis overlap syndrome

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-80

  Lüth, Stefan ^a   Kanzler, Stephan ^b   Frenzel, Christian ^a   Kasper, Hans U ^c   Dienes, Hans P ^c   Schramm, Christoph ^a   Galle, Peter R ^b   Herkel, Johannes ^a   Lohse, Ansgar W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

AIH; Diagnosis; Hepatitis; Overlap; PSC

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651155931     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e318157c614     Document Type: Article

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