Category: Hepatitis

Clinical update on risks and efficacy of anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in patients with autoimmune hepatitis and summary of reports on post-vaccination liver injury

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Authors: Ana Lleo 1, Nora Cazzagon 2, Cristina Rigamonti 3, Giuseppe Cabibbo 4, Quirino Lai 5, Luigi Muratori 6, Marco Carbone 7, Italian Association for the Study of the LiverAffiliations expand PMID: 35410851 PMCID: PMC8958090DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2022.03.014 Published:March 27, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dld.2022.03.014 Abstract Patients with liver diseases, especially those with cirrhosis, have an increased mortality risk when infected by SARS-CoV-2 and therefore anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine has been recommended by leading Scientific Associations for all patients with chronic […]

Autoimmune hepatitis after SARS-CoV-2 vaccine: New-onset or flare-up?

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Authors: Enver Avci 1, Fatma Abasiyanik 2 Autoimmune 2021 Dec;125: 102745. doi: 10.1016/j.jaut.2021.102745  Epub 2021 Nov 11. PMID:  34781161PMCID: PMC8580815DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2021.102745 Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has been reported to trigger several autoimmune diseases. There are also recent reports of autoimmune diseases that develop after SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. Autoimmune hepatitis is a polygenic multifactorial disease, which is diagnosed […]

Autoimmune Hepatitis Following Vaccination for SARS-CoV-2 in Korea: Coincidence or Autoimmunity?

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Authors: Seong Hee Kang 1 2, Moon Young Kim 1 3, Mee Yon Cho 4, Soon Koo Baik 1 5Affiliations expandPMID: 35437965PMCID: PMC9015903DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2022.37.e116 J Korean Med Sci 2022 Apr 18;37(15):e116. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2022.37.e116. Abstract Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic, autoimmune disease of the liver that occurs when the body’s immune system attacks liver cells, causing the liver to be inflamed. AIH is one of the manifestations of a coronavirus […]