autoimmune hepatitis is a chronic hepatitis that occurs in children and adults of all ages. diagnosis is based upon characteristic serologic and histologic findings and the exclusion of other forms of chronic liver disease. guidelines issued by the aasld suggest the following diagnostic considerations: the diagnosis should be made in patients with compatible clinical signs, symptoms, and labora...

• The diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis is based on specific immunological, histological and biochemical characteristics after exclusion of other causes of liver disease including viral hepatitis. • Hepatitis E virus infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis. • Prednisone, prednisolone, or budesonide are first line treatment options for autoimmune hepa...

Autoimmunity is regarded as the main mechanism involved in pathogenesis of various liver diseases, such as autoimmune hepatitis (ÁIÇ), primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), autoimmune cholangitis, overlap syndromes AIH-PBC and AIH-PSC and liver dysfunction due to connective tissue diseases. Autoimmune hepatitis is an immune-mediated, autodestructive liver diseas...

OBJECTIVE Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder in which the risk of autoimmune liver disease is high. Autoimmune hepatitis is a chronic and progressive entity and the risk of its being associated with other autoimmune disorders such as celiac disease is high also. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of celiac disease in patients with autoimmune hepatitis and vice versa. ...

introduction worldwide, chronic liver disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. causes of elevated serum alanine aminotransferase (alt) levels vary depending on the population under study. the aim of this study is to evaluate the frequency and causes of persistently elevated alt levels in patients of the gastroenterology (gi) clinics in ghaem and emam reza hospitals in mashhad, iran....

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 ...

Autoimmune liver diseases are chronic liver disease with similar clinical features to viral and non-autoimmune liver disorders but with distinct sero-autoimmunologic features. In developed countries, it accounts for about 20% of all liver transplantations in the USA. Most studies on liver disease in Nigeria centred on viral or alcohol aetiology with complete absence of data on autoimmune liver ...