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1: Rev Med Brux. 2007 Nov-Dec;28(6):528-31.Links

[Autoimmune hepatitis and CREST syndrome]

[Article in French]

Ngo Mandag N, Van Gossum M, Rickaert F, Golstein M.

Service de Gastroentérologie, C.H.U. Saint-Pierre, Site César De Paepe.

We report the case of an autoimmune hepatitis in a 59-year old woman who was referred for a progressive jaundice. The patient had an history of CREST syndrome. The particularity of this case report is the rare association between these two autoimmune diseases.

PMID: 18265812 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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