UPDATE OF THE BRAZILIAN SOCIETY OF HEPATOLOGY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES OF THE LIVER

Arq Gastroenterol. 2019 Aug 13;56(2):232-241. doi: 10.1590/S0004-2803.201900000-43.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Autoimmune Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Autoimmune Diseases / therapy*
  • Cholangitis, Sclerosing / diagnosis
  • Cholangitis, Sclerosing / therapy
  • Disease Management
  • Hepatitis, Autoimmune / diagnosis
  • Hepatitis, Autoimmune / therapy
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / diagnosis
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / therapy
  • Liver Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Liver Diseases / therapy*
  • Societies, Medical