Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC)-autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) overlap syndrome is a clinical entity characterized by the occurrence of both conditions at the same time in the same patient. In addition to PBC-AIH overlap syndrome, transitions from one autoimmune disease to another have been reported, bu
Report of the Research Subgroup of autoimmune hepatitis/primary biliary cirrhosis
β Scribed by Ohta, Yasuyuki
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 556 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0435-1339
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