Cirrosis hepática por hepatitis autoinmune: Serie de casos y revisión de la literatura. (Spanish)

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    • Alternate Title:
      Liver cirrhosis secondary to autoimmune hepatitis: Case series and literature review. (English)
    • Abstract:
      Autoimmune liver diseases are important causes of liver cirrhosis, because an early treatment impact on prognosis and outcomes, it is very important to know their forms of presentation, diagnosis and treatment, to offer patients the best treatment options in a timely manner. The aim of this article was to describe the characteristics of a group of adult patients with liver cirrhosis secondary to autoimmune hepatitis treated in the Hospital Universitario de Santander in Bucaramanga, Colombia, and to do a review of the literature on the main features of the autoimmune hepatitis. For this purpose we present five cases of liver cirrhosis secondary to autoimmune hepatitis, of which the epidemiological, clinical and laboratory characteristics were analyzed and compared with those found in the literature after a review about this topic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
    • Abstract:
      Las enfermedades hepáticas autoinmunes constituyen una causa importante de cirrosis hepática y dado que un tratamiento oportuno impacta en su pronóstico y desenlace, es muy importante conocer sus formas de presentación, diagnóstico y tratamiento, para ofrecer a los pacientes las mejores opciones terapéuticas de una manera oportuna. El objetivo del presente artículo fue describir las características de un grupo de pacientes adultos con cirrosis hepática por hepatitis autoinmune atendidos en el Hospital Universitario de Santander en la ciudad de Bucaramanga, Colombia y hacer una revisión de la literatura sobre las principales características de la hepatitis autoinmune. Para dicho propósito, se presentan cinco casos de cirrosis hepática secundaria a hepatitis autoinmune, de los cuales se analizaron las características epidemiológicas, clínicas y de laboratorio y se comparó con lo encontrado en la literatura médica después de una revisión del tema. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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