Identification and characterization of IgG4-associated autoimmune hepatitis

Liver International

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 222-231

  Chung, Hobyung ^a   Watanabe, Tomohiro ^b   Kudo, Masatoshi ^a   Maenishi, Osamu ^a   Wakatsuki, Yoshio ^b   Chiba, Tsutomu ^b  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; IgG4; Steroid treatment

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PLASMA CELL; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950604697     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2009.02092.x     Document Type: Article

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