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Autoimmune hepatitis
Autoimmune hepatitis is (AIH) is a chronic hepatitis that occurs in children and adults of all ages. It is characterized by immunologic and autoimmune features, including circulating auto antibodies and high serum globulin concentrations. It was first described in the 1950s by term of chronic active hepatitis. It has 2 types with different auto antibodies. Diagnosis is based upon serologic and ...
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N Engl J Med 2006;354:54-66. Copyright © 2006 Massachusetts Medical Society. A utoimmune hepatitis is a generally progressive, chronic hepatitis of unknown cause that occurs in children and adults of all ages. Occasionally, it has a fluctuating course, with periods of increased or decreased activity. The diagnosis is based on histologic abnormalities, characteristic clinical and biochemical fin...
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Autoimmune hepatitis is an uncommon disease causing chronic inflammation of the liver and associated with various circulating autoantibodies. It shares some characteristics with other autoimmune liver diseases, such as primary biliary cirrhosis and sclerosing cholangitis. There has been confusion in past years regarding this entity, but there are now recognized diagnostic criteria by which to m...
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Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a rare disease, characterized by female predominance, hypergammaglobulinemia, autoantibodies, association with HLA DR3 and HLA DR4 and a good response to immunosuppression. Different subtypes of AIH may be distinguished, based on differences in the autoantibody patterns. AIH type 1 is characterized by anti-nuclear (ANA) and/or anti-smooth muscular (SMA) autoantibod...
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Recent advances Dominique-Charles VALLA The field of autoimmune hepatitis has been quite active since the last update on the topic at the Day of Hepatology of Beaujon Hospital in 2002. A simplified diagnostic score, better knowledge of some unusual forms, more solid criteria for remission and relapse, better understanding of prognostic factors, and especially improved therapeutic options are no...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Liver Disease
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2046-2484,2046-2484
DOI: 10.1002/cld.301