Re: update on autoimmune hepatitis

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Interestingly enough, my liver doc's only recommendation for an AIH expert to

see is Dr. Czaja. I just looked at the Doctor Referral by Name list. There are

334 names on it and Dr.Czaja is not on it. Has anyone ever seen him? Is he

taking new patients or doing research only? Is he still at the Mayo Clinic in

Rochester?

Kay, AIH/PBC

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> My hep cited this article in developing my treatment plan. Have any of you

heard of it?

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> " A very current update on autoimmune hepatitis was published in

" Gastroenterology " just recently (July 2010, Volume 139, No. 1, pages 58-72) by

one of the world's leading experts on autoimmune hepatitis, Dr. Albert Czaja).

For patients with an " incomplete " response, the recommendation is to use

prednisone in combination with Imuran or 6-MP but at a dose of 2 mg/kg of body

weight. Based on your current weight, that would be 150 mg daily of 6-MP. In

your case, I would highly recommend increasing the 6-MP to 150 mg daily (since

you have been tolerating this fairly well) before trying a medication like

Cellcept. "

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> He said he would send me the article; it was published in a professional

magazine available only by subscription.

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> D AIH 8/2009 (First symptoms presented 4/2009)

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