Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/57183
Type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: Clinical characteristics and prognosis in children and adolescents with autoimmune hepatitis and overlap syndrome
Authors: Adriana Teixeirarodrigues
Luiz Ronaldo Alberti
Priscila Menezes Ferri Liu
Eleonora Druve Tavares Fagundes
Thaís Costa Nascentes Queiroz
Pamela de Souza Haueisen Barbosa
Soraya Luiza Campos Silva
Ana Cristina Simões e Silva
Débora Marques Miranda
Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira
Abstract: Objectives: This is a cohort study of 134 children and adolescents with a known diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). During follow-up, some of them developed autoimmune sclerosing cholangitis (ASC). This study describes the characteristics of the patients upon diagnosis, and their response to treatment and any complications, and compares the patients who developed ASC during follow-up (ASC group) with those who did not (AIH group). Methods: A total of 73.1% of the patients were girls with a median age upon diagnosis of 10.41 (7.41–12.53) years. Results: Of 134 patients, 28 (20.9%) developed cholestatic manifestations, with features of ASC. A few differences were observed between the AIH and ASC groups when they were analyzed by x2 test, such as the smaller predominance of girls in ASC group (P ¼ 0.04), and more common asymptomatic presentation in the ASC group (P ¼ 0.01). Cirrhosis was observed in 68% of biopsies, with no significant difference between groups (P ¼ 0.43). Of 16 deaths, 15 were in the AIH group and 1 in the ASC group (P ¼ 0.22). Of 11 transplants, 10 were in the AIH group and one in the ASC group (P ¼ 0.53). The presence of cirrhosis at baseline was associated with a smaller survival probability (P ¼ 0.015). The survival rate by Kaplan-Meier method was 94% at 5 years and 80% at 10 years, and was similar in both the groups (P ¼ 0.08). Conclusions: No statistically significant difference was observed between the groups in relation to prognosis and response to treatment.
Subject: Hepatite Autoimune
Criança
Prognóstico
language: eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country: Brasil
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials: UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department: MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE CIRURGIA
MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE PEDIATRIA
Rights: Acesso Aberto
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.1097/mpg.0000000000001125
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/57183
Issue Date: Jul-2016
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://journals.lww.com/jpgn/Fulltext/2016/07000/Clinical_Characteristics_and_Prognosis_in_Children.17.aspx
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
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