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Digestive & GastrointestinalModerate
Autoimmune Hepatitis
Hepatology · Digestive & Gastrointestinal
Moderate
Severity
Rare — an uncommon liver disease, though it is an important cause of chronic hepatitis in the absence of viral infection or alcohol use
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Hepatology
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💊Treatment Options
- 1Treatment involves immunosuppressive medications
- 2typically starting with corticosteroids to control acute inflammation
- 3often combined with a steroid-sparing agent such as azathioprine for longer-term maintenance therapy. Most patients require treatment for an extended period
- 4sometimes lifelong
- 5to maintain remission and prevent flares. Regular monitoring with liver blood tests helps guide treatment adjustments
- 6and liver transplantation is considered for the minority of patients who progress to liver failure despite treatment.
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