Immunosuppressive therapy in autoimmune hepatitis : efficacy and toxicity

Introduction: Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the liver that, if untreated, leads to cirrhosis and death from liver failure. The mainstay of treatment is with prednisolone and azathioprine. Evidence has recently emerged that long-term survival, even in treated AIH, is...

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Main Author: Dhaliwal, Harpreet K.
Other Authors: Lennard, Lynne ; Gleeson, Dermot
Published: University of Sheffield 2018
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.737914