Article
Family occurrence of autoimmune hepatitis: A Danish nationwide registry-based cohort study.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Oct 2018
Grønbæk Lisbet, Vilstrup Hendrik, Pedersen Lars, Christensen Kaare, Jepsen Peter
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: It is widely believed that autoimmune hepatitis accumulates in families, but the degree of familial clustering has not been clarified. We conducted a population-based study on the family occurrence of autoimmune hepatitis. METHODS: Through Danish nationwide registries we identified 8,582 first-degree and 9,230 second-degree relatives of index patients diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis in...
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