Category Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Autoimmune Hepatitis

Abbreviations AIH autoimmune hepatitis ANA antinuclear antibody ANCA antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody CARD10 caspase recruitment domain family member 10 CTLA-4 cytotoxic lymphocyte antigen-4 DILI drug-induced liver injury ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ENA extractable nuclear antigen LC liver cytosol LKM liver kidney…

Parasitic Liver Disease

Abbreviations ALA amebic liver abscess CAA circulating anodic antigen CCA circulating cathodic antigen CIE counterimmunoelectrophoresis EDHS Egypt Demographic and Health Survey ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ERCP endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography GASP gut-associated schistosome proteoglycan HCV hepatitis C virus HIV human immunodeficiency…

Hepatitis E

Abbreviations ALT alanine aminotransferase FHF fulminant hepatic failure GBS Guillain-Barré syndrome HEV hepatitis E virus HIV human immunodeficiency virus ORF open reading frame Introduction For many years hepatitis E virus (HEV) was thought to be largely restricted to endemic developing…