Use of a xanthine oxidase inhibitor in autoimmune hepatitis

Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1281-1282

  Al Shamma, Safa ^a   Eross, Balint ^a   McLaughlin, Simon ^a  

^a ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 MERCAPTOPURINE DERIVATIVE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALLOPURINOL; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISOLONE; TIOGUANINE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEATOSIS;

ALLOPURINOL; AZATHIOPRINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 84874490445     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26198     Document Type: Article

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