Autoimmune hepatitis-PBC overlap syndrome: A simplified scoring system may assist in the diagnosis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 345-353

  Neuhauser, Matthias ^a   Bjornsson, Einar ^a   Treeprasertsuk, Sombat ^a   Enders, Felicity ^a   Silveira, Marina ^a   Talwalkar, Jayant ^a   Lindor, Keith ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCITES; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS GROUP SCORING SYSTEM; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETER; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76349119699     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.616     Document Type: Article

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