Brazilian society of hepatology recommendations for the diagnosis and management of autoimmune diseases of the liver

• Main Authors: Paulo Lisboa Bittencourt, Eduardo Luiz Rachid Cançado, Cláudia Alves Couto, Cynthia Levy, Gilda Porta, Antônio Eduardo Benedito Silva, Debora Raquel Benedita Terrabuio, Roberto José de Carvalho Filho, Dalton Marques Chaves, Irene Kazue Miura, Liana Codes, Luciana Costa Faria, Andreia Silva Evangelista, Alberto Queiroz Farias, Luciana Lofêgo Gonçalves, Michele Harriz, Edmundo Pessoa A Lopes Neto, Gustavo Oliveira Luz, Patrícia Oliveira, Elze Maria Gomes de Oliveira, Janaina Luz Narciso Schiavon, Tiago Seva-Pereira, Edison Roberto Parise
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE)
• Series: Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
• Subjects: Hepatite autoimune; Colangite esclerosante primária; Cirrose biliar primária; Diagnóstico; Tratamento
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032015000500015&lng=en&tlng=en

ABSTRACT In order to draw evidence-based recommendations concerning the management of autoimmune diseases of the liver, the Brazilian Society of Hepatology has sponsored a single-topic meeting in October 18th, 2014 at São Paulo. An organizing committee comprised of seven investigators was previously elected by the Governing Board to organize the scientific agenda as well as to select twenty panelists to make a systematic review of the literature and to present topics related to the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune hepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cirrhosis and their overlap syndromes. After the meeting, all panelists gathered together for the discussion of the topics and the elaboration of those recommendations. The text was subsequently submitted for suggestions and approval of all members of the Brazilian Society of Hepatology through its homepage. The present paper is the final version of the reviewed manuscript organized in topics, followed by the recommendations of the Brazilian Society of Hepatology.