Acute presentation of autoimmune hepatitis: How to find and manage still remains unsolved

Hepatology Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 577-579

  Tanaka, Atsushi ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; BILIRUBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE HEPATITIS; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; JAUNDICE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84878773823     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: 1872034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hepr.12031     Document Type: Editorial

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