Lichen sclerosus as a cause of recurrent cystitis: case report and review of the literatury.

2012

Vitamin B12 deficiency with multiple sclerosis-like neurological clinical framework.

2012

Autoimmune liver disease in a sicilian woman.

2012

Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic liver disease characterized by clinical features analogue to viral and non-autoimmune liver disorders, but with distinct sero-autoimmunologic properties. The disease results from a network of complex interactions involving genetic predisposition, triggering factors, autoantigens and immunoregulatory system. Diagnosis of AIH relies on positive autoantibodies determination and on liver core biopsy histological appearance. Corticosteroid and immunosuppressive drugs are generally useful in the treatment of disease. However, when inflammation cannot be controlled, progression from chronic hepatitis to cirrhosis is often observed and hepatocellular carcinom…