Clinicopathological features of severe and fulminant forms of autoimmune hepatitis

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 378-390

  Yasui, Shin ^a   Fujiwara, Keiichi ^a   Yonemitsu, Yutaka ^a   Oda, Shigeto ^a   Nakano, Masayuki ^b   Yokosuka, Osamu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Women s Medical University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Fulminant hepatitis; Immunosuppressive therapy; Liver histology; Severe hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BILIRUBIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; DEXAMETHASONE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; NEOMINOPHAGEN C; PREDNISOLONE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; NEUROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; BILIRUBIN; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954414704     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-010-0316-3     Document Type: Article

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