New European study finds that remission in autoimmune hepatitis does not equal recovery, as many patients still face fatigue.

Findings indicate blood group A elevates the risk of primary biliary cholangitis, suggesting ABO group analysis could aid in autoimmune liver disease diagnosis.

The patient is a 48-year-old white woman who is infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1a; she also has mild associated cryoglobulinemia. She was treated in 1993 with interferon and after 5 months of therapy, her aminotransferases rose from about ...

Autoimmune hepatitis quietly damages the liver for years before symptoms appear; specialists in Kenya warn of late diagnoses and urge early medical checks. [File, Standard] When people think about liver disease, they imagine issues caused by drinking ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Aggressive steroid regimens – with doses as high as 60 mg per day – have become the “new mantra” for treating patients with autoimmune hepatitis, according to a ...

Corticosteroid therapy induces clinical, laboratory and histological improvements in 80% of patients with autoimmune hepatitis. Prednisone, alone or at a lower dose in combination with azathioprine, increases the 20-year life expectancy to 80% and prevents ...

A multicenter study performed by a large international consortium that includes UT Southwestern has outlined a set of risk factors and outcomes for patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) that recurs after liver transplantation. The findings, published in ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Back to Healio Autoimmune liver diseases, such as primary biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis ...

A woman may have developed a rare liver problem because of her turmeric supplements, according to researchers. Researchers at the University of Arizona released a report about the unique situation the patient and her doctors experienced. Published in BMJ ...