Effect of cirrhosis at baseline on the outcome of type 1 autoimmune hepatitis

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-106

  Landeira, Graciela ^a   Morise, Silvia ^a   Fassio, Eduardo ^a   Ramonet, Margarita ^a   Álvarez, Estela ^a   Caglio, Patricia ^a   Longo, Cristina ^a   Domínguez, Nora ^a  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL PROFESOR ALEJANDRO POSADAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Autoimmune cirrhosis; Cirrhosis complications; Liver mortality; Prognosis in autoimmune hepatitis; Survival of autoimmune hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; BILIRUBIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE; PROTHROMBIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 83055197028     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31493-0     Document Type: Article

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