Context: Autoimmune hepatitis has diverse features that can delay its diagnosis and the institution of potentially lifesaving corticosteroid therapy. Objective: Review the clinical, laboratory ...

Corticosteroid therapy induces clinical, laboratory and histological improvements in 80% of patients with autoimmune hepatitis. Prednisone, alone or at a lower dose in combination with ...

Standard immunosuppressive therapy, consisting of prednisone and azathioprine, is ineffective in 10–20% of patients with autoimmune hepatitis. Inductivo-Yu and colleagues, therefore ...