1. Sustained Remission After Treatment Withdrawal in Autoimmune Hepatitis: A Multicenter Retrospective Study
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Gérard Thiéfin, Pascal Renard, Anne Minello, Yasmina Ben Merabet, François Habersetzer, Solange Bresson-Hadni, Delphine Weil-Verhoeven, Thierry Thevenot, Brigitte Bernard-Chabert, Hélène Clot, Vincent Di Martino, Alexandra Heurgué-Berlot, Hervé Louvet, Didier Samuel, Coralie Barbe, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), Lipides - Nutrition - Cancer [Dijon - U1231] (LNC), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement, Institut de Recherche sur les Maladies Virales et Hépatiques (IVH), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Hôpital Paul Brousse, and Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon (CHRU Besançon)
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Physiology ,Biopsy ,Azathioprine ,Autoimmune hepatitis ,Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Médecine humaine et pathologie ,Gastroenterology ,Hepatitis ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Fibrosis ,Recurrence ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Child ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Remission Induction ,Adrenal cortex hormones ,Retrospective cohort study ,Gamma globulin ,[SDV.MHEP.HEG]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Hépatology and Gastroenterology ,[SDV.IMM.IMM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology/Immunotherapy ,Middle Aged ,Hepatology ,medicine.disease ,3. Good health ,Hepatitis, Autoimmune ,Withholding Treatment ,Liver ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Female ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,business ,Immunosuppressive Agents ,Follow-Up Studies ,medicine.drug ,Autoimmune - Abstract
BACKGROUND: In patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), relapse rates between 25 and 100% after treatment withdrawal have been reported. The optimal strategy for immunosuppressive treatment withdrawal is controversial. AIM: To identify the predictive factors of histological remission and to assess the relapse rate after treatment withdrawal in AIH patients with prolonged biochemical response. METHODS: Patients with AIH and sustained biochemical remission on first-line treatment were retrospectively included. Histological response was defined as complete regression of interface hepatitis and lobular necrosis and no or minimal portal inflammation and relapse as any elevation of serum aminotransferase or gammaglobulin/IgG levels. RESULTS: Sixty-two patients were included. Forty-seven had a biopsy after a median biochemical response of 49.7 months. Twenty-five of them were histological responders. Independent predictors of histological remission were older age (OR = 1.1; CI 95%: 1.0; 1.2), mild-to-moderate fibrosis at diagnosis (OR = 8; CI: 1.4; 47.6) and aspartate aminotransferases
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- 2021
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