Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: RESULTS: After detailed investigation failed to reveal a cause of the jaundice, an empiric trial of steroids was initiated on the possibility that our patient had antibody-negative AIH and not DILI, with an associated grave prognosis. CONCLUSIONS: Empiric treatment with prednisone led to rapid resolution of jaundice and to the conclusion that the correct diagnosis was antibody-negative AIH.
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Authors | Fahad M Khan, Joseph Alcorn, Joshua Hanson |
Journal | Digestive diseases and sciences
(Dig Dis Sci)
Vol. 59
Issue 5
Pg. 933-6
(May 2014)
ISSN: 1573-2568 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 24691629
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Glucocorticoids
- Prednisone
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Topics |
- Female
- Glucocorticoids
(therapeutic use)
- Hepatitis, Autoimmune
(complications, diagnosis, drug therapy)
- Humans
- Jaundice
(diagnosis, etiology, pathology)
- Middle Aged
- Prednisone
(therapeutic use)
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