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- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Lupoid hepatitis; Chronic acute liver disease
Symptoms
Abdominal distention Dark urine Fatigue - General discomfort, uneasiness, or ill feeling (
malaise ) Itching Loss of appetite - Nausea or vomiting
Pale or clay-colored stools
Other symptoms that may occur with this disease include absence of menstruation (
Signs and tests
- Abnormal
liver function tests -
Liver biopsy showing chronic hepatitis
Tests for autoimmune hepatitis:
- Anti-liver kidney
microsome type 1 antibody (anti LKM-1) - Anti-nuclear antibody (
ANA ) - Anti-smooth muscle antibody (SMA)
- Serum IgG
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Autoimmune hepatitis Treatment
Review Date: 11/23/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of
Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San
Diego, CA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director,
A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
