A case of Autoimmune Hepatitis needed to be differentiated from EBV hepatitis, in that the histology of liver biopsy specimen was useful for diagnosis

Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 154-158

  Nakajima, Shoko ^a   Umebayashi, Hiroaki ^a   Kurosawa, Rumiko ^a   Imagawa, Tomoyuki ^a   Katakura, Shigeki ^a   Mori, Masaaki ^a   Aihara, Yuko ^a   Yokota, Shumpei ^a   Sogo, Tuyoshi ^b   Inui, Ayano ^b   Fujisawa, Tomoo ^b   Hanzawa, Norio ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^c Shimonagaya Children's Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

autoimmune hepatitis (AIH); EBV hepatitis; EBV PCR; Intravenous cyclophosphamide; liver biopsy; pulse therapy (IVCY)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; PATHOLOGY; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

BIOPSY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER;

EID: 23444438533     PISSN: 09114300     EISSN: 13497413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2177/jsci.28.154     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Mark F. Gourley, et al. : Methylprednisolone and Cyclophosphamide, Alone or in Combination, in Patients with Lupus Nephritis. Annals of Internal Medicine. 125 : 49–557, 1996.
2. White N. J., et al. : Infectious mononucleosis hepatits. Semin Liver Dis. 4 : 301–306, 1984.
3. Kimura H., et al. : Quantitative analysis of Ep-stein-Barr virus load by using a real-time PCR assay. J Clin Microbiol. 37 : 132–136, 1999.
4. Munther J. Hussain, et al. : Cellular expression of tumour necrosis factor-α and interferon-γ in the liver biopsies of children with chronic liver disease. J Hepatology. 21 : 816–821, 1994.
5. Mieli-Vergani G., et al. : Progress in pediatric autoimmune hepatits. Semin Liver Dis. 14 : 282–288, 1994.
6. Albert J. Czaja, et al. : Diagnosis and Treatment of Autoimmune Hepatitis. Hepatology. 36 : 479–497, 2002.
7. Lehman T. J. et al. : Intermittent intravenous cyclophosphamide arrests progression of the renal chronicity index in childhood systemic lupus erythematosus. J Pediatrics. 136: 243–247, 2000.
8. Gregorio G. V., et al. : Autoimmune hepatitis in childhood. A 20 year survey. Hepatology. 25 : 541–547, 1997.
9. Gregorio G. V., et al. : Autoimmune hepatitis/ sclerosing cholangitis overlap syndrome in childhood: A 16-year prospective study. Hepatology. 33: 544–553, 2001.
10. Roberts E. A., : Autoimmune hepatitis. Indian J Pediatrics. 62: 525–531, 1995.