title: Acute-onset autoimmune hepatitis treated with living donor-liver transplantation.
abstract: A 50-year-old woman was diagnosed with acute-onset autoimmune hepatitis. She did not respond to steroid therapy including pulse therapy, and was subsequently treated with living donor-liver transplantation 36 days after the beginning of steroid therapy. Except for a period of transient mild acute rejection, her liver function tests remained within a normal range for 2.5 years after the operation. The courses of autoimmune hepatitis patients treated with living-donor liver transplantation have not been previously documented to our knowledge. Living donor-liver transplantation is thought to be one of the therapy options for severe autoimmune hepatitis.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Ehime University School of Medicine, Onsen-gun.
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: Kojiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Michitaka
authors.forename: Shozo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyauchi
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Tsuneyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ninomiya
authors.forename: Bunzo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: Toshikazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masumoto
authors.forename: S M Fazle
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Akbar
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Horiike
authors.forename: Morikazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onji
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006085:Graft Survival; D019693:Hepatitis, Autoimmune / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007564:Japan; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome