Case of primary biliary cirrhosis-autoimmune hepatitis overlap which manifested after delivery

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1299-1301

  Monoe, Kyoko ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Katsushima, Fumiko ^a   Kanno, Yukiko ^a   Saito, Hironobu ^a   Abe, Kazumichi ^a   Yokokawa, Junko ^a   Ohira, Hiromasa ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Overlap; Postpartum; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BEZAFIBRATE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FIBROSIS; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; BEZAFIBRATE; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

EID: 79959300073     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.5022     Document Type: Article

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