Acute autoimmune hepatitis: Many open questions

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 727-729

  Weiler Normann, Christina ^a   Lohse, Ansgar W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; BLOOD CLOTTING INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; VITAMIN K GROUP; CORTICOSTEROID;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; STEROID THERAPY; TOXIC HEPATITIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SEPSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SEPSIS;

EID: 84938545055     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: 16000641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2014.05.021     Document Type: Article

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