Autoimmune hepatitis with acute presentation in Japan

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-54

  Miyake, Y ^a   Iwasaki, Y ^a   Kobashi, H ^a   Yasunaka, T ^a   Ikeda, F ^a   Takaki, A ^a   Yamamoto, K ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute exacerbation; Acute hepatitis; Cirrhosis; Zone 3 necrosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BILIRUBIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; JAPANESE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; BILIRUBIN; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HLA-DR4 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73149085031     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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