Similarities and Differences in Autoimmune Hepatitis Epidemiology between East and West: Autoimmune Hepatitis in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia | Zendy

Hirayuki Enomoto | Zendy; Shuhei Nishiguchi | Zendy

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Similarities and Differences in Autoimmune Hepatitis Epidemiology between East and West: Autoimmune Hepatitis in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia

Author(s) -

Hirayuki Enomoto,

Shuhei Nishiguchi

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

inflammatory intestinal diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2296-9403

pISSN - 2296-9365

DOI - 10.1159/000454879

Subject(s) - autoimmune hepatitis , east asia , medicine , disease , ethnic group , epidemiology , immunology , hepatitis , geography , china , political science , archaeology , law

Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a relatively rare disease that can develop regardless of age or ethnicity. However, its clinical features differ between eastern and western populations due to several heterogeneous genetic and environmental factors. We herein report the clinical characteristics of AIH patients in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia.

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