title: Primary biliary cirrhosis and autoimmune hepatitis overlap syndrome.
abstract: Primary biliary cirrhosis and autoimmune hepatitis are chronic immune-mediated liver disorders. An overlap syndrome is now recognized with mixed biochemical, serological and histological features. We report a 55-year-old lady with overlap syndrome, which presented with jaundice, pruritus and associated renal failure. She succumbed to her illness.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Rasta Peth, Pune 411 011. sd_wagle@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Suhas D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Wagle
authors.forename: Sudhir P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Jagtap
authors.forename: Farrokh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wadia
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018450:Disease Progression; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D019693:Hepatitis, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013577:Syndrome