Vera D, Pichardo R, Hernández J, Vidal R , Lizardi J, Méndez SN

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

The differential diagnosis of the three disorders that are usually classified as autoimmune liver diseases are namely as autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), requires careful exclusion of other causes of chronic liver disease, together with the finding of suggestive patterns of abnormalities in biochemical parameters as the presence of conventional autoantibodies. We present a woman case with autoimmune hyperthiroidism and autoimmune cholangiopathy.

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