AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASES PROFILE IgG

AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASES (AILD) ENCOMPASS THE FOLLOWING DISEASES: AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS (AIH), PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS (PBC) & PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGIITIS (PSC). IN ADDITION, SO-CALLED OVERLAP SYNDROMES CAN OCCUR, I.E. THE SIMULTANEOUS PRESENCE OF TWO DIFFERENT AILD OR ONE AILD IN COMBINATION WITH ANOTHER AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE, FOR EXAMPLE SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS (SSC). AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS (AIH) IS FURTHER DIVIDED INTO TWO SUBTYPES NAMELY, AIH TYPE 1 AND AIH TYPE 2. THESE DIFFERENT AUTOANTIBODIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASES.