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What Is Autoimmune Hepatitis
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Ask the Experts
autoimmune hepatitisis autoimmune hepatitis genetic or hereditary ...
Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.
Tufts University School of Medicine
It is suspected that some patients may have a genetic predisposition, but it is not known for sure. There are two types of autoimmune hepatitis. One can develop in people of any age. The other type, usually develops in only girls or young women and...
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Autoimmune hepatitisDear Dr Dieterich,I am not so sure if you are the right specialist about this topic, but i need... Read more »Chronic HBV can lead to autoimmune hepatitis?Hello Dr McGovern,I have been a life-long carrier of Hepatitis B for 40 years. My doctor believes I... Read more »
Articles
Hispanos/Latinos en Todo el País se Organizan Alrededor del Primer Día Nacional Hispano De Concientización Sobre La HepatitisNueva York, NY -- La Comisión Latina sobre el SIDA, junto a organizaciones de la comunidad coordinarán eventos de concientización y educación para promover el 15 de Mayo como el Día Nacional Hispano de Concientización sobre la Hepatitis. El... Read more »
New Theory Suggests How Hepatitis C May Cause Rare Immune DiseaseOf the hepatitis alphabet, the C variant may be the nastiest. In 1990, researchers observed that most patients with hepatitis C also develop a rare autoimmune disease called mixed cryoglobulinemia, a condition that frequently leads to cancer,... Read more »
FDA-Led Research Team Discovers an Autoimmune Mechanism for Serious Drug-Induced Adverse ReactionsA team of researchers led by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has discovered a new mechanism for identifying and understanding drug-related autoimmune reactions. In an article available online today in the journal AIDS , the team found that... Read more »
Survival Gene May Be Key to Controlling HIV and HepatitisDr. Marc Pellegrini and Dr. Greg Ebert of the Infection and Immunity Division of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Australia, and colleagues from the University of Toronto conducted research that discovered a gene... Read more »
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AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE AND TESTING RESULTS?
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
If you had an autoimmune disorder and didnt know it and you tested 18 weeks post exposure could your results still be negative? I've heard that if you had an autoimmune disorder it wouldn't cause a negative but either an intermediate or false...
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Autoimmune disease
Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies
Is an overgrowth of yeast considered an autoimmune disease which could delay a positive hiv result?Read more » Allergies autoimmune disease?
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
Are allergies considered autoimmune diseases and therefore push back the window period? I seem to have allergies right now (dust bothering me BIG TIME never before) and tested negative @ 205 days. Should I be worried? I also read in the forum that...
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H1N1 vaccine, autoimmune diseases and other illnes
Posted by snake
Can H1N1 vaccine just recently administered, an autoimmune disease or other illness in your body delay seroconversion to HIV?
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