Liver Cancer
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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 15, 2003; 9(12): 2681-2685
Published online Dec 15, 2003. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i12.2681
Side effects of budesonide in liver cirrhosis due to chronic autoimmune hepatitis: influence of hepatic metabolism versus portosystemic shunts on a patient complicated with HCC
Andreas Geier, Carsten Gartung, Christoph G. Dietrich, Hermann E. Wasmuth, Patrick Reinartz, Siegfried Matern
Andreas Geier, Carsten Gartung, Christoph G. Dietrich, Hermann E. Wasmuth, Siegfried Matern, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Technology (RWTH) Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Patrick Reinartz, Nuclear Medicine, University of Technology (RWTH) Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by Falk Pharma, Freiburgi. Br., Germany
Correspondence to: Andreas Geier, MD, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Technology Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany. ageier@ukaachen.de
Telephone: +49-241-8088634 Fax: +49-241-8082455
Received: July 12, 2003
Revised: July 26, 2003
Accepted: September 13, 2003
Published online: December 15, 2003
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