Article
Autoimmune hepatitis.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Jan 2000
Obermayer-Straub P, Strassburg C P, Manns M P
Abstract excerpt
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) autoantibodies. AIH type 2 is...
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