RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Liver transplant for giant cell hepatitis with autoimmune haemolytic anaemia
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 249
OP 251
DO 10.1136/adc.77.3.249
VO 77
IS 3
A1 Hector Vilca Melendez
A1 Mohamed Rela
A1 Alastair J Baker
A1 Colin Ball
A1 Bernard Portmann
A1 Giorgina Mieli-Vergani
A1 Nigel D Heaton
YR 1997
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/77/3/249.abstract
AB Giant cell hepatitis (CGH) with autoimmune haemolytic anaemia (AHA) is a distinct entity with an aggressive course. Immunosuppression may help early disease. A case is reported of a child with GCH and AHA with early disease recurrence after liver transplantation for end stage liver disease.