Abstract
Background. Early detection is crucial for the prognosis of patients with autoimmune liver disease (AILD). Due to the relatively low incidence, developing screening tools for AILD remain a challenge.Aims. To analyze clinical characteristics of AILD patients at initial presentation and identify clinical markers, which could be useful for disease screening and early detection.Methods. We performed observational retrospective study and analyzed 581 AILD patients who were hospitalized in the gastroenterology department and 1000 healthy controls who were collected from health management center. Baseline characteristics at initial presentation were used to build regression models. The model was validated on an independent cohort of 56 patients with AILD and 100 patients with other liver disorders.Results. Asymptomatic AILD individuals identified by the health check-up are increased yearly (from 31.6% to 68.0%,p
Original language | English |
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Article number | 8460883 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Disease markers |
Volume | 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 31-May-2020 |
Keywords
- AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS
- OVERLAP SYNDROME
- CIRRHOSIS
- ULTRASOUND