Autoimmune hepatitis: The dilemma of rare diseases

Gastroenterology

Volumn 140, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1874-1876

  Manns, Michael P ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BUDESONIDE; STEROID;

AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ITALY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958130348     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2011.04.026     Document Type: Editorial

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