Autoimmune hepatitis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-182

  Lohse, Ansgar W ^a   Mieli Vergani, Giorgina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Azathioprine; Budesonide; Immunosuppression; Prednisolone

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; INTERLEUKIN 10; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

ALGORITHMS; AZATHIOPRINE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958826525     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: 01688278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.12.012     Document Type: Review

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