Autoimmune hepatitis quietly damages the liver for years before symptoms appear; specialists in Kenya warn of late diagnoses and urge early medical checks. [File, Standard] When people think about ...

Autoimmune hepatitis responds well to long-term immunosuppression with low-dose glucocorticoids with added azathioprine or mycophenolate in approximately 80 to 90% of treated children. In children ...

Scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have discovered how a viral infection causes autoimmune disease, disproving a long-standing theory and opening a promising new approach to ...

Budesonide is a synthetic steroid with a 15-fold higher affinity for glucocorticoid receptors. It is an alternative to prednisolone. Due to its high first-pass metabolism in the liver, budesonide ...

Chronic liver disease develops from long-term liver damage over months to years. The most common causes are viral hepatitis and chronically high alcohol consumption. Chronic liver disease is the ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Hepatitis is the inflammation of the liver (Photo: Shutterstock) Hepatitis is a liver ...

Hepatitis—inflammation of the liver—affects millions of people worldwide each year. This potentially serious condition can stem from viral infections, alcohol consumption, toxins, medications, or ...

Fulminant liver failure, or acute liver failure, is a life threatening condition that happens when liver function rapidly deteriorates. It can affect people with no preexisting liver disease. The ...