title: Familial granulomatous hepatitis: a hitherto unrecognized entity.
abstract: Two West Indian parents and three of their seven offspring presented over a 12-yr period with identical systemic illnesses characterized by the development of granulomatous hepatitis. Granulomata were variably also found in muscle, lymph nodes, and pleura in some of these affected individuals. The usual causes of granulomatous hepatitis were absent, and this familial disease represents a hitherto undescribed entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Central Middlesex Hospital, London, England.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mahida
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lovell
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Silk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007563:Jamaica; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male