A case of chronic active hepatitis presenting with anti-liver/kidney microsome antibody.

An acquired-pseudo Bernard Soulier syndrome occurring with autoimmune chronic active hepatitis and anti-cardiolipin antibody.

A case of autoimmune chronic active hepatitis with unusual extrahepatic manifestations is described. The patient exhibited marked thrombocytopenia and platelet aggregation dysfunction and morphological changes suggesting an acquired Bernard Soulier-type syndrome. This has not previously been described in association with chronic active hepatitis. The patient also demonstrated significant titres...

A case of active chronic hepatitis with painless erosive arthritis.

True arthritis is very much less common than arthralgia in patients suffering from active chronic hepatitis and only scanty information is available about the joint changes in this disease. We report here the case of a young woman with active chronic hepatitis complicated by a painless, erosive small joint arthropathy.

Case Report and Discussion: Chronic Active Hepatitis

INTRODUCTION: In 1950, Waldenstriim reported a series of cases of chronic hepatitis in young women. This generated considerable interest in the disease. Subsequent reports have demonstrated that while it is much more prevalent in the young, it is not confined to them and that cases have been reported from all age groups. Chronic active hepatitis is a syndrome of unknown etiology, characterized ...

Anti-Gliadin antibody in Psoriasis: A case-control study

Background and objective: Psoriasis is chronic inflammatory skin disorder with a wide variety of clinical presentations. Presence of anti-gliadin antibody (AGA) has been reported in 16% of psoriatic patients. This study was designed to determine the frequency of the presence of AGA in psoriatic patients. Materials and Methods: After recording the demographic data and the severity of disease acc...

Chronic Hepatitis/Chronic Active Hepatitis in Dogs