Simultaneously developed polymyositis and autoimmune hepatitis

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hounoki, Hiroyuki ^a   Shinoda, Koichiro ^a   Ogawa, Reina ^a   Taki, Hirofumi ^a   Tsuneyama, Koichi ^a   Tobe, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; CYCLOSPORIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; HLA DR9 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 81055145634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.09.2011.4763     Document Type: Article

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