UPDATE OF THE BRAZILIAN SOCIETY OF HEPATOLOGY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE LIVER.
Claudia Alves CoutoDébora Raquel Benedita TerrabuioEduardo Luiz Rachid CançadoGilda PortaCynthia LevyAntônio Eduardo Benedito SilvaPaulo Bittencourt de Mirandanull nullRoberto José de Carvalho-FilhoDalton Marques ChavesIrene Kazue MiuraLiana CodesLuciana Costa FariaAndreia Silva EvangelistaAlberto Queiroz FariasLuciana Lofêgo GonçalvesMichelle HarrizEdmundo Pessoa de Almeida LopesGustavo Oliveira LuzPatrícia Marinho Costa OliveiraElze Maria Gomes OliveiraJanaina Luz Narciso SchiavonTiago Sevá-PereiraPublished in: Arquivos de gastroenterologia (2019)
New data concerning the management of autoimmune liver diseases have emerged since the last single-topic meeting sponsored by the Brazilian Society of Hepatology to draw recommendations about the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), overlap syndromes of AIH, PBC and PSC and specific complications and topics concerning AIH and cholestatic liver diseases. This manuscript updates those previous recommendations according to the best evidence available in the literature up to now. The same panel of experts that took part in the first consensus document reviewed all recommendations, which were subsequently scrutinized by all members of the Brazilian Society of Hepatology using a web-based approach. The new recommendations are presented herein.