Acute presentation of autoimmune hepatitis in a patient with myasthenia gravis, thymoma, Hashimoto thyroiditis and connective tissue disorder

Hepatology Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 835-839

  Yapali, Suna ^a   Oruc, Nevin ^a   Ilgun, Sibel ^a   Yilmaz, Funda ^a   Aksu, Kenan ^a   Yilmaz, Mustafa ^b   Gunsar, Fulya ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute presentation of autoimmune hepatitis; Connective tissue disorder; Hashimoto thyroiditis; Myasthenia gravis; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; PREDNISOLONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER BIOPSY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

EID: 84863745247     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: 1872034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2012.00985.x     Document Type: Article

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