background: â  advanced hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis has generally been considered to be irreversible. the aim of this study was to determine whether cirrhosis is reversible.â  â  methods: â  seven patients with autoimmune hepatitis with histologic evidence of cirrhosis were enrolled. after treatment, they had follow-up liver biopsy while in clinical and biochemical remission. biopsy specimen...

Contraceptive vaccines (CV) may provide viable and valuable alternatives to the presently available methods of contraception. The molecules that are being explored for CV development either target gamete production [luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH)/GnRH, FSH], gamete function [sperm antigens and oocyte zona pellucida (ZP)], and gamete outcome (HCG). CV targeting gamete production ha...

Background: Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) in childhood has variable modes of presentation, and the disease should be suspected and excluded in all children presenting with symptoms and signs of prolonged or severe acute liver disease. In AIH, the liver biopsy histopathology shows inflammation in addition to presence of serum autoimmune antibodies and increased levels of immunoglobulin G (IgG). Ob...

congenital and acquired abnormalities of the reproductive tract of female sheep resulting in subfertility,infertility or sterility cannot easily be detected by routine clinical examination. morphopathologicalabnormalities of the reproductive tract of ewes were studied by examining a total of 739 genital tracts inabattoirs of fars province, iran. from these, the 648 non-pregnant genitalia were e...

autoimmune hepatitis is (aih) is a chronic hepatitis that occurs in children and adults of all ages. it is characterized by immunologic and autoimmune features, including circulating auto antibodies and high serum globulin concentrations. it was first described in the 1950s by term of chronic active hepatitis. it has 2 types with different auto antibodies. diagnosis is based upon serologic and ...

Autoimmune encephalitis is a difficult clinical diagnosis due to the similarities in the clini­cal, imaging and laboratory findings of many forms of autoimmune and infectious encephalitis. Autoimmune encephalitis involves several types: The first group includes the classic paraneo­plastic disorders associated with antibodies to intracellular antigens. The second group involves autoanti...

methods fifty-three patients who were treated at the department of gastroenterology and hepatology of the university clinic essen from 2008 to 2013 included in this retrospective study. laboratory parameters were used to calculate non-invasive markers for liver fiibrosis. every patient underwent a liver biopsy within 6 months of the liver stiffness measurement. objectives autoimmune hepatitis (...