'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.
Muller
A F
AF
Department of Medicine and Histopathology, University Hospital, Nottingham, UK.
Toghill
P J
PJ
Smith
P
P
D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001706:Biopsy; D002780:Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D004061:Diflunisal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence
D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D004061:Diflunisal