%0 Journal Article
%T LIVER CIRRHOSIS FROM AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS IN A NIGERIAN WOMAN: A CASE REPORT
%A A.C. Jemilohun
%A O.G. Adewoye
%J Archive of "Annals of Ibadan Postgraduate Medicine".
%D 2017
%X Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a rare cause of chronic liver disease (CLD). It presents with varied clinical features from acute hepatitis to CLDs like chronic viral hepatitis and alcoholic liver disease, making it difficult to diagnose in the absence of a high index of suspicion and adequate laboratory support. Autoantibody-mediated hepatocyte injury is the major feature of AIH
%K Autoimmune hepatitis
%K Autoimmune liver disease
%K Chronic liver disease
%K Nigeria
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5846176/