Autoimmune hepatitis in patients with chronic HBV and HCV infections: Patterns of clinical characteristics, disease progression and outcome

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 127-135

  Rigopoulou, Eirini I ^a   Zachou, Kalliopi ^a   Gatselis, Nikolaos ^a   Koukoulis, George K ^a   Dalekos, George N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis D

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; ALPHA INTERFERON; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ENTECAVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LAMIVUDINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; PREDNISOLONE; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCURRENT INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COINFECTION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS D, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84893704654     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)30914-7     Document Type: Article

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