title: Liver involvement in patients with systemic autoimmune diseases.
abstract: A wide variety of systemic autoimmune diseases (SAD) affects the liver, and various forms of hepatic involvement have been reported. Patients who have SAD, the abnormal liver function tests might be caused by SAD. In most of these patients, SAD should be treated primary. Liver involvement in SAD is a matter of great clinical challenge evoking several questions upon diagnostic criteria for liver diseases and the presence of overlap syndromes. This review will describe liver injury caused by various systemic autoimmune diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, "Titu Maiorescu" University, Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Manole
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cojocaru
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Inimioara Mihaela
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Cojocaru
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania.
authors.forename: Isabela
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Silosi
authors.affiliation: "Sfantul Ioan"Clinical Hospital of Emergency, "Victor Babes" National Institute for Pathology and Biomedical Sciences, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Camelia Doina
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Vrabie
keywords: laboratory tests; liver; systemic autoimmune diseases