Immunological liver diseases in children.

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1007163

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Immunological liver diseases in children.

Seminars in liver disease - 1 Jan 1998

Mieli-Vergani G, Vergani D

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Autoimmune liver diseases comprise a number of disorders in which inflammatory damage to the liver is believed to derive from an autoimmune attack. These include autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), characterised by positive smooth muscle and/or nuclear (SMA/ANA) or liver kidney microsomal type 1 (LKM1) a...

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Child
Child, Preschool
Cholangitis, Sclerosing
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Hepatitis, Autoimmune
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents
Liver Diseases
Liver Transplantation
Male

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