Importance of computed tomography imaging features for the diagnosis of autoimmune acute liver failure

Hepatology Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-50

  Yasui, Shin ^a   Fujiwara, Keiichi ^a   Okitsu, Koichiro ^a   Yonemitsu, Yutaka ^a   Ito, Hisao ^a   Yokosuka, Osamu ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Autoimmune hepatitis; Computed tomography; Hypoattenuation; Massive necrosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JAPAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 84055184786     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: 1872034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2011.00892.x     Document Type: Article

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