Abstract
Adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD) is an autoimmune disease characterized by spiking fever, evanescent rash, arthritis, serositis, and liver involvement. Although autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) has been reported in association with various autoimmune diseases, AOSD-associated AIH is rare. We herein report an unusual case of AIH in a patient with AOSD.
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This work was supported in part by a grant from the Education Department of Liaoning Province, China (no. 20060917), the Program for Innovative Research Team in University (IRT0760) from the Ministry of Education of China.
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Xia, LX., Xiao, T. An unusual case of autoimmune hepatitis in a patient with adult-onset Still’s disease. Clin Rheumatol 29, 95–97 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-009-1186-z
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