Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 665-671, December 2011

Diagnostic criteria for autoimmune hepatitis

Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany

The clinical spectrum of autoimmune hepatitis is very wide. In addition, autoimmune hepatitis can present in any age group. Diagnosis is usually made by a combination of clinical, laboratory and histological features. Diagnostic scores can help both in the daily diagnostic work-up of patients, and in allowing comparability of clinical scientific studies. However, all diagnostic scores have limitations in individual cases, which are discussed in this review.

Keywords: Autoimmunity, Autoimmune hepatitis, Simplified scoring system

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PII: S1521-6918(11)00092-8

doi:10.1016/j.bpg.2011.10.004

Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 665-671, December 2011

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