Profiles of autoimmune hepatitis in Brunei Darussalam

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 602-607

  Jalihal, Anand ^a   Telisinghe, Pemasari Upali ^a   Chong, Vui Heng ^a  

^a RIPAS HOSPITAL   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatic failure; Hepatitis; Human leukocyte antigens; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; BRUNEI; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73849122893     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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