Cyclosporin A Is a Promising Alternative to Corticosteroids in Autoimmune Hepatitis
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Springer Nature in Digestive Diseases and Sciences
- Vol. 46 (6) , 1321-1327
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1010683817344
Abstract
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), a chronic T-cell-mediated liver injury, is treated with corticosteroids with or without Azathioprine. Corticosteroids are not universally effective and have serious side...Keywords
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