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5 Facts you should know about
Autoimmune hepatitis
1
Autoimmune hepatitis may present as completely asymptomatic
(12–35% of the cases), with signs of chronic liver disease, or acute or even fulminant hepatic failure.
2
Common initial symptoms include fatigue or muscle aches
or signs of acute liver inflammation including fever, jaundice, and right upper quadrant abdominal pain.
3
The disease may occur in any ethnic group and at any age,
but is most often diagnosed in patients between 40 and 50 years of age.
4
Anomalous presentation of MHC class II receptors on the surface of liver cells
causes a cell-mediated immune response against the body's own liver, resulting in autoimmune hepatitis.
5
Virtually all patients have increased circulating IgG levels.
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