Autoimmune hepatitis or Wilson's disease, a clinical dilemma

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Deutsch, Melanie ^a   Emmanuel, Theodoros ^a   Koskinas, John ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autoimmune chronic hepatitis; Azathioprine; Prednisolone; Wilson disease

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; BILIRUBIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CASE REPORT; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER METABOLISM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATIGUE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; JAUNDICE; LETTER; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SPLENOMEGALY; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 84881142549     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.7872     Document Type: Letter

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