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Autoimmune Hepatitis Learning Center

Treatments could include:
Prednisone or other corticosteroid medications help reduce the inflammation. Azathioprine and mercaptopurine are drugs used to treat other autoimmune disorders. They have been shown to help patients with autoimmune hepatitis, as well.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 21, 2009
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 transplantation is a surgery that removes a diseased liver and replaces it with a healthy donor liver.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
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 replace it with a healthy donor liver.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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