Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 65-69 , April 2009

Emerging Importance of Autoimmune Hepatitis in Children in Taiwan, an Endemic Area for Viral Hepatitis

  • Sheng-Hsiung Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yen-Hsuan Ni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yung-Ming Jeng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Huey-Ling Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jia-Feng Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Mei-Hwei Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan

Received 3 June 2008 ,Revised 19 September 2008 ,Accepted 15 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60035-8

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 65-69 , April 2009

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