JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL HEPATOLOGY ›› 2018, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (6): 983-986.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2018.06.040

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Predisposing factors to autoimmune hepatitis

Xia Geng, Qi Fei, Yang Jinhui.   

  1. Department of Gastroenterology,Second Affiliated Hospital,Kunming Medical University,Kunming 650500,Yunnan Province
  • Received:2017-08-20 Online:2018-11-10 Published:2018-12-25

Abstract: Autoimmune hepatitis is a parenchymal inflammation of liver that is mediated by autoimmune response to hepatocytes. There are various factors which can induce autoimmune hepatitis such as drugs,infection,environment,age,gender and genetic factors. However,the mechanism of induction is still not yet very clear,and the illumination of these factors might help prevent and manage the disease. In this review,we will do a brief overview of each of the above mentioned induction factors.

Key words: Autoimmune hepatitis, Predisposing factors, Mechanism