Significance of histopathological features in differentiating autoimmune liver disease from nonautoimmune chronic liver disease in children

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 333-337

  Kumari, Niraj ^a   Kathuria, Rachana ^a   Srivastav, Anshu ^a   Krishnani, Narendra ^a   Poddar, Ujjal ^a   Yachha, Surender K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

autoimmune hepatitis; emperipolesis; rosette formation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPERIPOLESIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTERFACE HEPATITIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LYMPHOPLASMACYTIC INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PORTAL VEIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; ROSETTE FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMPERIPOLESIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROSETTE FORMATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84873410522     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32835a68a1     Document Type: Review

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