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Type 1 and type 2 autoimmune hepatitis in adults share the same clinical phenotype.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 1 Jun 2015
Muratori P, Lalanne C, Fabbri A, Cassani F, Lenzi M, Muratori L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is historically classified into type 1 and type 2 on the basis of the autoantibody profile, anti-nuclear and/or anti-smooth muscle antibodies being the serological markers of type 1 AIH, whereas anti-liver/kidney microsomal antibody type 1 and/or anti-liver cytosol antibody type 1 characterise type 2 AIH. AIM: To evaluate whether such a distinction is justified on the basis...
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