Granulomatous liver diseases: A review

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-13

  Coash, Marcy ^a   Forouhar, Faripour ^a   Wu, Catherine H ^a   Wu, George Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Granuloma; Hepatic; Sarcoid; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; AMIODARONE; BERYLLIUM; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORPROPAMIDE; DIAZEPAM; ISONIAZID; MESALAZINE; METHYLDOPA; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; PARACETAMOL; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PHENYTOIN; QUINIDINE; ROSIGLITAZONE; SULFONAMIDE; THORIUM DIOXIDE;

ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASPERGILLOSIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BRUCELLA; CANDIDIASIS; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; EPITHELIOID CELL; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FATTY LIVER; FRANCISELLA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LISTERIA; LISTERIOSIS; LIVER GRANULOMA; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RICKETTSIA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SARCOIDOSIS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TULAREMIA; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER DISEASES; MACROPHAGES; SARCOIDOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84862789172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2011.11.023     Document Type: Review

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