Sclerosing cholangitis and liver transplantation in Langerhans cell histiocytosis: A 14-year follow-up

Dermatology

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 335-337

  Caputo, Ruggero ^a   Marzano, Angelo V ^a   Passoni, Emanuela ^a   Fassati, Luigi R ^b   Agnelli, Francesca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Langerhans cell histiocytosis; Liver transplantation; Sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LANGERHANS CELL; LIVER GRAFT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEPHROGENIC DIABETES INSIPIDUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8344284402     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080864     Document Type: Article

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