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Hepatobiliary

Diagnostic difficulties, therapeutic strategies, and performance of scoring systems in patients with autoimmune hepatitis and concurrent hepatitis B/C

Cumali EfeDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe university, Ankara, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Staffan WahlinDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Ersan OzaslanDepartment of Gastroenterology, Numune Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Tugrul PurnakDepartment of Gastroenterology, Numune Research and Education Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Luigi MuratoriDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Chiara QuarnetiDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Gonca TatarDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe university, Ankara, Turkey
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Halis SimsekDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hacettepe university, Ankara, Turkey
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Paolo MuratoriDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Thomas D. SchianoDivision of Liver Diseases, The Mount Sinai Medical Centre, NY, USA
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Pages 504-508 | Received 06 Dec 2012, Accepted 07 Jan 2013, Published online: 01 Mar 2013

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