Epidemiology and clinical impact of non-viral acute hepatitis in a tertiary unit of Hepatology in Italy

Introduction and Aims: Autoimmune hepatitis have a variable occurrence, clinical phenotype and outcome, and the factors contributing to this variability are uncertain. The goal of this study is to evaluate, through a retrospective analysis, data of severe acute hepatitis (SAH) requiring hospital admission between 1/2017 and 6/2018 in a tertiary inpatient Hepatological Unit. Incidence, clinical impact and outcome of non-viral/autoimmune acute hepatitis (AAH) were analyzed. AAH diagnosis was made using AAH scoring: definite diagnosis when AAH score was >15 pre-treatment and >17 post-treatment, or probable diagnosis when it was <15 and <17 respectively.

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