Clinicopathological study of autoimmune hepatitis patients with or without hypergammaglobulinemia.

Clinical profile of primary biliary cirrhosis with features of autoimmune hepatitis: Importance of corticosteroid therapy

“…Concerning autoantibodies, it is reported that the titers of ASMA or ANA are lower in Asian patients with AIH or PBC–AIH overlap syndrome . Moreover, we have previously found that AIH in the acute phase shows lower ANA titers than AIH in the chronic hepatitis phase . Therefore, we modified these factors when devising our criteria for PBC patients with AIH features.…”