Dekai Qiu, Qixia Wang, Hui Wang, Qing Xie, Guoqing Zang, Hong Jiang, Chuantao Tu, Jinsheng Guo, Shuncai Zhang, Jianshe Wang, Yi Lu, Ying Han, Lei Shen, Xiaoyu Chen, Xiqi Hu, Xiaojin Wang, Chengwei Chen, Qingchun Fu, Xiong Ma
BACKGROUND & AIMS: In 1999, the International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group (IAIHG) revised the diagnostic criteria for autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). It subsequently developed the simplified criteria in 2008 to enhance clinical applicability and practicability. In this study, we validated the simplified diagnostic criteria in Chinese patients with AIH or other chronic liver diseases in comparison with the revised original criteria. METHODS: Diagnostic scores were determined using the revised original criteria and the simplified criteria in 405 patients with diverse liver diseases...
February 2011: Journal of Hepatology