Antismooth Muscle and Antiactin Antibodies Are Indirect Markers of Histological and Biochemical Activity of Autoimmune Hepatitis

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Authors

Cláudia Alves Couto · Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Paulo Lisboa Bittencourt · Real Hospital Português

Gilda Porta · Universidade de São Paulo

Clarice Pires Abrantes‐Lemos · Universidade de São Paulo

Flair José Carrilho · Universidade de São Paulo

Bianca Della Guardia · Universidade de São Paulo

Eduardo Luiz Rachid Cançado

Abstract

With the exception of ANA, the autoantibody profile does not markedly vary in the course of AIH. The persistence of high titers of ASMA and/or AAA in patients with AIH is associated with disease activity.

Topics & Keywords

Liver Diseases and Immunity Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Hepatitis B Virus Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Hepatology

Volume 59, Issue 2, pp. 592-600

DOI: 10.1002/hep.26666

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