Autoimmune Liver Diseases in Children. Part I

Abstract

Autoimmune liver diseases form a group of chronic inflammatory illnesses associated with serious prognosis. Autoimmune hepatitis, autoimmune sclerosing cholangitis, and primary sclerosing cholangitis are the most common entities seen during childhood.

Early and proper diagnosis followed by prompt therapy affects the patient´s prognosis significantly.

Keywords

• Autoimmune liver diseases
• autoimmune hepatitis
• primary sclerosing cholangitis
• autoimmune sclerosing cholangitis
• primary biliary cirrhosis
• childhood
• overlap syndrome