Incidence and Characteristics of Autoimmune Hepatitis

Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a progressive inflammatory liver disease of unknown etiology, with limited population-based estimates of pediatric incidence. We reported the incidence of pediatric AIH in Canada and described its clinical characteristics. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of pa...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatrics (Evanston) 2015-11, Vol.136 (5), p.e1237-e1248
Hauptverfasser:	Jiménez-Rivera, Carolina, Ling, Simon C, Ahmed, Najma, Yap, Jason, Aglipay, Mary, Barrowman, Nick, Graitson, Samantha, Critch, Jeff, Rashid, Mohsin, Ng, Vicky L, Roberts, Eve A, Brill, Herbert, Dowhaniuk, Jenna K, Bruce, Garth, Bax, Kevin, Deneau, Mark, Guttman, Orlee R, Schreiber, Richard A, Martin, Steven, Alvarez, Fernando
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adrenal Cortex Hormones - therapeutic use Azathioprine - therapeutic use Canada - epidemiology Care and treatment Child Children Children & youth Cholangiopancreatography, Magnetic Resonance Cyclosporine - therapeutic use Diagnosis Female Health aspects Hepatitis Hepatitis, Autoimmune - diagnosis Hepatitis, Autoimmune - epidemiology Hepatitis, Autoimmune - mortality Hepatitis, Autoimmune - surgery Hepatitis, Autoimmune - therapy Humans Immunosuppressive Agents - therapeutic use Incidence Liver Cirrhosis - epidemiology Liver Transplantation Male Pediatrics Retrospective Studies Risk factors Survival Analysis Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a progressive inflammatory liver disease of unknown etiology, with limited population-based estimates of pediatric incidence. We reported the incidence of pediatric AIH in Canada and described its clinical characteristics. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients aged
ISSN:	0031-4005 1098-4275
DOI:	10.1542/peds.2015-0578