title: Anti-liver-kidney microsome antibody-positive autoimmune hepatitis associated with alopecia.
abstract: A 14-year-old girl presented with anti-liver-kidney microsome autoimmune hepatitis preceded by alopecia 3 years earlier. Both pathologies were greatly improved by immunosuppressive therapy. Alopecia is a newly reported extrahepatic manifestation of type 2 autoimmune hepatitis. Its appearance could alert the clinician to an increased risk of autoimmune hepatitis in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Clinique Universitaire de Pédiatrie, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chaves
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paunier
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berclaz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Delèze
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abuaf
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Belli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000276:immunology; D008861:Microsomes / Q000276:immunology*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies