Hepatitis Therapy
Studies from G. Maggiore and colleagues provide new data on hepatitis therapy
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, July 13th, 2009
Fresh data on hepatitis are presented in the report 'Autoimmune diseases of the liver and biliary tract and overlap syndromes in childhood.' "Autoimmune liver diseases in childhood includes Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH) and Primary (Autoimmune) Sclerosing Cholangitis (P(A)SC). Both diseases are characterized by a chronic, immune-mediated liver inflammation involving mainly hepatocytes in AIH and bile ducts in PSC," scientists in Pisa, Italy report.
"Both diseases, if untreated, lead to liver cirrhosis. AIH could be classified, according to the autoantibodies pattern, into two subtypes: AIH type 1 presents at any age as a chronic liver disease with recurrent flares...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2009-07-13)
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