A comprehensive guide to autoimmune hepatitis and biliary cholangitis, covering causes, diagnosis, treatments, and patient care.
Autoimmune Hepatitis and Biliary Cholangitis (Persian Edition)
The Persian edition of Dr. Seyed Moayed Alavian's guide to autoimmune liver disease — rare conditions that can severely damage liver function if they go untreated. It covers autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) alongside the biliary disorders PBC and PSC, from immune mechanism through diagnosis to current treatment.
Author
Publisher
Salamat Pooyan Kowsar Publishing
Publication year
2021
Print length
244 pages
Language
Persian
Cataloguing (FIPA)
Audience
Patients, caregivers, and medical professionals
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This edition is published freely for personal, non-commercial use under a CC BY-NC 4.0 licence; full-text access is by subscription. The English edition is available to download in full.
About this book
Autoimmune liver diseases are a group of rare but significant conditions in which the immune system attacks liver cells or the bile ducts. Left untreated they can severely impair liver function, and because they progress slowly they are often recognised late.
This book gives an accessible but detailed account of autoimmune hepatitis and the related biliary disorders — primary biliary cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis — written to help patients, caregivers, and medical professionals understand causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
What it covers
Overview and classification
What autoimmune hepatitis is and how its types are classified.
The immune mechanism
A close look at how and why the immune system attacks liver cells.
Comparing the diseases
How AIH, PBC, and PSC differ in presentation and progression.
Diagnosis
The blood tests and imaging used to reach and confirm a diagnosis.
Treatment
Current approaches, including immunosuppressive therapy.
Living with the condition
Practical lifestyle recommendations for patients managing long-term disease.
Note. This book is patient education, not a substitute for individual medical advice. Autoimmune liver disease requires specialist diagnosis and ongoing monitoring, and immunosuppressive treatment must be supervised by a clinician. Copyright: published freely for personal, non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License.