Autoimmune Hepatitis : Treatments

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Treatments could include:
Prednisone or other corticosteroids help reduce the inflammation. Azathioprine and mercaptopurine are drugs used to treat other autoimmune disorders, which have shown to help patients with autoimmune hepatitis as well.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 25, 2006
Autoimmune hepatitis is among the few types of hepatitis that can be treated effectively. Since treatment itself introduces problems in at least 20% of patients, it is reserved for the more severe cases. Up to 80% of patients improve with cortison...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Liver transplant is surgery to replace a diseased liver with a healthy liver.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 27, 2008
Liver transplantation is a surgery that removes a diseased liver and replaces it with a healthy donor liver. Purpose A liver transplant is needed when the liver ' s function is reduced to the point that the life of the patient is threatened.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Liver transplantation is a surgery that removes a diseased liver and replace it with a healthy donor liver. Purpose The liver is the body ' s principle chemical factory.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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