Diagnosis, presentation and initial severity of Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH) in patients attending 28 hospitals in the UK.
Victoria GordonRatul AdhikaryVictoria ApplebyDebasis DasJames DayToby DelahookeSelena DixonDavid ElphickClaire HardieBarbara HoeroldtPatricia HooperJohn HutchinsonRebecca JonesFaisal KhanGuruprasad P AithalJohn McGonigleAndrew NelsonAlick NkhomaStavroula PelitariMartin PrinceAnnell ProsserVinay SathanarayanaSophia SavvaNaina ShahSushma SaksenaSreedhari ThayalasekaranDeven VaniAndrew YeomanDermot Gleesonnull nullPublished in: Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (2018)
This cohort from across the UK is older than other multicentre AIH cohorts. One-fifth had decompensation or MELD >15. Diagnosis was delayed in 19%, diagnostic testing was incomplete in one-third and rosettes and emperipolesis were infrequently reported.