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Anti-liver-kidney microsome antibody-positive autoimmune hepatitis associated with alopecia
V Chaves1, L Paunier, R Berclaz
1Department of Pediatrics, Clinique Universitaire de Pédiatrie, Geneva, Switzerland.
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
|February 1, 1991
Abstract:
A 14-year-old girl presented with anti-liver-kidney microsome autoimmune hepatitis preceded by alopecia 3 years earlier. Both pathologies were greatly improved by immunosuppressive therapy. Alopecia is a newly reported extrahepatic manifestation of type 2 autoimmune hepatitis. Its appearance could alert the clinician to an increased risk of autoimmune hepatitis in children.