This guideline has been approved by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and represents the position of the Association. 1. Preamble Clinical practice guidelines are defined as ''systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate...
AASLD Practice Guidelines. Diagnosis and management of autoimmune hepatitis Primary biliary cirrhosis-autoimmune hepatitis overlap syndrome: clinical features and response to therapy. Overlap syndromes: The International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group (IAIHG) position statement on a controversial issue ...
Diagnosis and management of autoimmune hepatitis This guideline has been approved by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and represents the position of the Association. 1. Preamble Clinical practice guidelines are defined as ''systematically developed state... MP Manns,AJ...
Autoimmune hepatitis has two major variant phenotypes in which the features of classical disease are co-mingled with those of primary biliary cirrhosis or primary sclerosing cholangitis. These overlap syndromes lack codified diagnostic criteria, established pathogenic mechanisms, and confident management strate...
According to the guidelines issued by American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) there is an increased risk of HCC in patients with cirrhosis due to alfa-1-antitrypsin deficiency, non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis (NASH), and autoimmune hepatitis (AIH); however, due to the lack...
12:38An autoimmune hepatitis wishlist 15:29Outro Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), a rare liver disease characterized by an unclear driver of inflammation, is historically challenged by limited clinical understanding, a slow development of treatment options in investigation, and a nonetheless concerning prognosi...
Abstract Non-invasive assessment of fibrosis is a key step in prognostication and monitoring of patients with autoimmune liver diseases (AILDs). Vibration-controlled transient elastography (VCTE) has been the most widely used tool of fibrosis staging which showed high accuracy in identifying advanced...
Abbreviations: AIH, autoimmune hepatitis; AASLD, American Association of the Study of Liver Diseases; ALT, alanine-aminotransferase; IgG, immunoglobulin G; ANA, antinuclear antibody; SMA, smooth muscle antibody; LKM, liver kidney microsomal antibody; AMA, anti-mitochondrial antibody; SLA/LP, soluble ...
Three key management decisions in autoimmune hepatitis concern the use of budesonide and azathioprine as first﹍ine therapy, the choice of mycophenolate mofetil or calcineurin inhibitors for patients failing steroids and azathioprine, and the role of maintenance steroids in prevention of recurrence after ...
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