Early treatment response predicts the need for liver transplantation in autoimmune hepatitis

P Tan, P Marotta, C Ghent, P Adams - Liver International, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The need for immunosuppression in autoimmune hepatitis is established.
Previous studies have investigated short‐term outcomes in patients who respond to …

Autoimmune hepatitis

MLC Ellett - Gastroenterology Nursing, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a necro-inflammatory disease that, untreated, carries a 3-year
mortality rate of approximately 50%. In this last of a series of three articles, current …

Autoimmune hepatitis: new guidelines, new therapies

CP Strassburg - Digestive Diseases, 2012 - karger.com
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) was the first chronic liver disease which responded favorably to
drug therapy. It has a dismal prognosis when not treated. Since the original description in …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment response and clinical event-free survival in autoimmune hepatitis: a Canadian multicentre cohort study

CG Plagiannakos, GM Hirschfield, E Lytvyak… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background & Aims We sought to identify predictors of outcome for people living
with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). Methods We evaluated the clinical course of people with …

[PDF][PDF] Prognostic features and role of liver transplantation in severe corticosteroid‐treated autoimmune chronic active hepatitis

L Sanchez‐Urdazpal, AJ Czaja, B van Hoek… - …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
To identify prognostic features and to define the role of liver transplantation in severe
autoimmune chronic active hepatitis, findings before and after corticosteroid therapy in 111 …

Long-term outcomes of patients with autoimmune hepatitis managed at a nontransplant center

B Hoeroldt, E McFarlane, A Dube, P Basumani… - Gastroenterology, 2011 - Elsevier
Background & Aims The long-term outcomes of patients treated for autoimmune hepatitis
(AIH) are considered to be good. However, follow-up data beyond 10 years are limited and …

Natural history and management of refractory autoimmune hepatitis

B Whitehead, A Kriegermeier - Clinical Liver Disease, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic liver disease that can result in hepatic fibrosis and
progress to cirrhosis and need for liver transplantation. Corticosteroids and azathioprine …

[HTML][HTML] Acute onset autoimmune hepatitis: Clinical presentation and treatment outcomes

AA Aljumah, H Al-Ashgar, H Fallatah… - Annals of Hepatology, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction and aim Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) may present acutely, which can rapidly
progress to fulminant type. This pattern has been described worldwide but is generally …

Single-Center North American experience of liver transplantation in autoimmune hepatitis: infrequent indication but good outcomes for patients

F de Quadros Onofrio, E Neong… - Journal of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background and Aims A 40% risk of disease recurrence post-liver transplantation (LT) for
autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) has been previously reported. Risk factors for recurrence and its …

Therapeutic options to treat autoimmune hepatitis in 2009

CP Strassburg - Digestive Diseases, 2010 - karger.com
First described in 1950, autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) was the first chronic liver disease with a
favorable response to drug therapy and a dismal prognosis when left untreated. In the …