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Autoimmune liver diseases in children - what is different from adulthood?
Best practice & research. Clinical gastroenterology - 1 Dec 2011
Mieli-Vergani Giorgina, Vergani Diego
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune liver disorders in childhood include autoimmune hepatitis, autoimmune sclerosing cholangitis and de novo autoimmune hepatitis after liver transplant. These inflammatory liver disorders are characterised histologically by interface hepatitis, biochemically by elevated transaminase levels and serologically by autoantibodies and increased levels of immunoglobulin G. Autoimmune hepatitis is particularly...
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