Another cause of autoimmune hepatitis

Hepatology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 389-390

  Umemura, Takeji ^a   Zen, Yoh ^b,c   Nakanuma, Yasuni ^c   Kiyosawa, Kendo ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE;

EID: 77954230364     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23730     Document Type: Article

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