Autoimmune hepatitis in a demographically isolated area of Australia

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 281-285

  Haider, A S ^a   Kaye, G ^a   Thomson, A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Autoimmune hepatitis type 1; Liver disease

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; MERCAPTOPURINE; SERUM GLOBULIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; AZATHIOPRINE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951144397     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02041.x     Document Type: Article

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