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9889637

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
29
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-1-26
pubmed:abstractText
Autoimmune hepatitis is a rare chronic hepatitis of unknown etiology. Immunological changes are conspicuous, with tissue antibodies found in a high proportion of patients. There is a female preponderance of 2-3:1 and the disease often affects young people. The presenting symptoms are vague, fatigue being the most important general symptom. The diagnosis is often made at a late stage of the disease when symptoms of liver decompensation and cirrhosis are obvious. We present two cases of AIH in young women diagnosed at a late stage with advanced cirrhosis, for whom symptoms of liver disease had been intermittently present for 12 and 9 months, but wrongly attributed to presumed acute viral hepatitis acquired on holiday in the Mediterranean. In order not to miss the diagnosis, it is important to confirm suspected viral hepatitis serologically, to look for liver disease stigmata in patients with abnormal liver enzymes, and to be especially aware of the possibility of AIH in young women with concommittant or family history of other autoimmune diseases.
pubmed:language
nor
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0029-2001
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
118
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4522-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-7-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
[Autoimmune hepatitis--a rare cause of elevated transaminases].
pubmed:affiliation
Medisinsk avdeling, Sentralsykehuset i Akershus, Nordbyhagen.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports