'Relapse' of chronic active hepatitis--not always what it seems.
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'Relapse' of chronic active hepatitis--not always what it seems.
Immune chronic active hepatitis is a disease notorious for its unpredictability. In a patient with chronic hepatitis who has already suffered relapses a search for a second cause of jaundice is not usually necessary. This report emphasises the essential role of liver biopsy.
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.72.849.431