A familial case of primary biliary cirrhosis and autoimmune chronic active "lupoid" hepatitis.

Histocompatibility antigens in active chronic hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis.

The frequency of antigens HL-A 1 (48%) and HL-A 8 (52%) in 54 patients with active chronic hepatitis from south-east England was significantly higher than in 89 control subjects from the same region (22% and 17% respectively). No correlation could be detected with the age and sex of the patients or with the presence of a particular immunological abnormality but the frequency of HL-A 1 and HL-A ...

Primary biliary cirrhosis and chronic active hepatitis in two sisters.

Incipient primary biliary cirrhosis/autoimmune hepatitis overlap or hepatitic form of primary biliary cirrhosis: a case report

A 42 year old asymptomatic female detected as incipient Primary Biliary Cirrhosis/Autoimmune Hepatitis overlap during routine checkup. The biochemical profile showed evolution from a mildly deranged liver function test in 2004 along with increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate to a 4 times elevation of alkaline phosphatase in 2006 with mildly deranged alanine transaminase. Autoimmune markers d...

Subtle presentation of active primary biliary cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis B: a case report

We are describing an interesting case of two chronic liver diseases in a 48-year-old Chinese woman. While chronic hepatitis B is a common entity in Asia, the patient was later found to have active, asymptomatic primary biliary cirrhosis due to a persistently elevated alkaline phosphatase level after optimal hepatitis B virus DNA suppression on antiviral therapy. This report emphasizes the impor...

Pernicious Anemia in Patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, Autoimmune Hepatitis, and Chronic Viral Hepatitis

Autoimmune Liver Diseases (ALDs) include Auto Immune Hepatitis (AIH), Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC), and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC). Pernicious Anemia (PA) involves an autoimmune process in which atrophy of the gastric mucosa reduces the production of Intrinsic Factor (IF) via parietal cells, inducing vitamin B12 deficiency and megaloblastic anemia [1-5]. Although autoimmune disease...