Successful treatment of primary sclerosing cholangitis with a steroid and a probiotic

Case Reports in Gastroenterology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 249-253

  Shimizu, Masaki ^a   Iwasaki, Hidenori ^a   Mase, Shintaro ^a   Yachie, Akihiro ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inflammatory bowel disease; Primary sclerosing cholangitis; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MESALAZINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIAL FLORA; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; PANCOLITIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION;

EID: 84866688800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16620631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338834     Document Type: Article

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