Autoimmune hepatitis in the postpartum period

Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-393

  Efe, Cumali ^a   Purnak, Tugrul ^a   Ozaslan, Ersan ^a  

^a Numune Research and Education Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISOLONE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER BIOPSY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PUERPERIUM; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865992364     PISSN: 22107401     EISSN: 2210741X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinre.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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