Ulcerative colitis associated with IgG4 cholangitis: Similar features in two HLA identical siblings

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 601-605

  Dastis, Sergio Negrin ^a   Latinne, Dominique ^a   Sempoux, Christine ^a   Geubel, André P ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autoimmune cholangitis; HLA identical siblings; IgG4; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 ASSOCIATED CHOLANGITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SIBLING; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHOLANGITIS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; SIBLINGS; STEROIDS;

EID: 68049135707     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.05.032     Document Type: Article

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