Autoimmune hepatitis
Subtitle: a guide for practicing clinicians
By: Gideon M. Hirschfield, E. Jenny Heathcoate, editors
Contributors: Heathcote, Jenny
Series: Clinical gastroenterology; Clinical gastroenterology
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9781607615682; 9781607615699
Subjects: Autoimmune Hepatitis; Chronic active hepatitis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pathogenesis of autoimmune hepatitis; title: Clinical presentation; title: Confirmation of the diagnosis: interpreting the serology; title: Mimics of autoimmune hepatitis: drug induced and immune mediated liver disease; title: When and how to treat the adult patient; title: When and how to treat the pediatric patient; title: Strategies for treatment nonresponders: second-line therapies and novel approaches; title: Liver transplantation for autoimmune hepatitis; title: Autoimmune hepatitis and pregnancy; title: Treatment side effects and associated autoimmune diseases; title: Managing the patient with features of overlapping autoimmune liver disease; title: Autoimmune hepatitis: a look toward the future.