background: there are only a very small number of reports which discuss subtype, sex distribution, clinical features and laboratory characteristics of autoimmune hepatitis in children. the aim of this study was both to define the clinical features, biochemical and histological findings and also to determine the age and sex related distribution of autoimmune hepatitis (aih). materials and method...

introduction to define the clinical features, biochemical and histological findings and outcome of three forms of autoimmune hepatitis.   materials and methods in a cross sectional study between november 2001 to january 2008 in tehran and mashhad university of medical sciences, 61 children who diagnosed as aih (40 girls and 21 boys) have been analyzed for their clinical, serological, and histol...

Introduction To define the clinical features, biochemical and histological findings and outcome of three forms of autoimmune hepatitis.   Materials and Methods In a cross sectional study between November 2001 to January 2008 in Tehran and Mashhad university of medical sciences, 61 children who diagnosed as AIH (40 girls and 21 boys) have been analyzed for their clinical, serological, and histol...

BACKGROUND Few studies on autoimmune hepatitis have enrolled non-Caucasian groups. AIMS To evaluate Brazilian children with type 1 and 2 autoimmune hepatitis regarding outcome and clinical and biochemical parameters. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty-six patients were submitted to a protocol that evaluated the clinical history, physical and biochemical data, and the course of the disease. Twenty-...

Background: Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) in childhood has variable modes of presentation, and the disease should be suspected and excluded in all children presenting with symptoms and signs of prolonged or severe acute liver disease. In AIH, the liver biopsy histopathology shows inflammation in addition to presence of serum autoimmune antibodies and increased levels of immunoglobulin G (IgG). Ob...

background: autoimmune hepatitis (aih) in childhood has variable modes of presentation, and the disease should be suspected and excluded in all children presenting with symptoms and signs of prolonged or severe acute liver disease. in aih, the liver biopsy histopathology shows inflammation in addition to presence of serum autoimmune antibodies and increased levels of immunoglobulin g (igg). obj...