hepatitis and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) Archives

Abstract Number: 703 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Autoimmune Hepatitis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Doo-Ho Lim, Seung-Hyeon Bae, Soo Min Ahn, Seokchan Hong, Yong-Gil Kim, Chang-Keun Lee and Bin Yoo, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic progressive liver disease of unknown cause, characterized by circulating autoantibodies and hyperglobulinemia. Patients with AIH often have other…
Abstract Number: 2530 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Anti-Ribosomal P Antibodies in a Large Cohort of Autoimmune Hepatitis with No Evidence of Lupus: A Common Underlying Mechanism Targeting Liver?
Ana Luisa Calich¹, Vilma S. T. Viana¹, Eduardo L. Cançado², Débora R. Terrabuio², Francisco Tustumi¹, Elaine P. Leon¹, Clovis Artur Silva³, Eduardo F. Borba Neto¹ and Eloisa Bonfa¹, ¹Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Gastroenterology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: Anti-ribosomal P proteins antibody (anti-rib P) is a highly specific marker for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and it is associated with liver involvement in…

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