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Genetic risk factors for autoimmune hepatitis: implications for phenotypic heterogeneity and biomarkers for drug response.
Human genomics - 28 Jan 2021
Higuchi Takashi, Oka Shomi, Furukawa Hiroshi, Tohma Shigeto, Yatsuhashi Hiroshi, Migita Kiyoshi
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a rare chronic progressive liver disease with autoimmune features. It mainly affects middle-aged women. AIH is occasionally complicated with liver cirrhosis that worsens the prognosis. Genetic and environmental factors are involved in the pathogenesis of AIH. Genetic studies of other diseases have been revealing of pathogenesis and drug efficacy. In this review, we summarize the...
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