Histological Remission during Corticosteroid Therapy of Overlapping Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Autoimmune Hepatitis: Case Report and Literature Review

Histological Remission during Corticosteroid Therapy of Overlapping Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Autoimmune Hepatitis: Case Report and Literature Review

Concurrence of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a rare condition that is challenging to diagnosis, due to the relatively high prevalence of autoantibodies in NASH. It is also difficult to determine the most effective treatment as corticosteroids are likely to wo...

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Main Authors: Shinichiroh Fukuda, Atsumasa Komori, Masahiro Itoh, Yumi Mihara, Satoru Hashimoto, Sung Kwan Bae, Shinya Nagaoka, Seigo Abiru, Hiroshi Yatsuhashi, Hiromi Ishibashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2011-09-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Histological remission
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Autoimmune hepatitis
Corticosteroid therapy
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