A 3-year-old with immunoglobulin g4-associated cholangitis

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-111

  Ibrahim, Samar H ^a   Zhang, Lizhi ^a   Freese, Deborah K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PREDNISONE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 ASSOCIATED CHOLANGITIS; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLANGITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; JAUNDICE; LIVER;

EID: 79959905186     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31820e82a1     Document Type: Article

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