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Revision as of 19:15, 27 July 2012

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] ; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Govindavarjhulla, M.B.B.S. [2]

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Differential Diagnosis	Useful Findings -
Alcoholic cirrhosis	History EtOH, AST/ALT > 2 -
Chronic Hepatits C Virus (HCV)	HCV AB -
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)	Elevated alk phos, AMA+ -
Primary sclerosing cholangitis	History inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), ANA or ASMA or P-ANCA+ -
Autoimmune hepatitis	Hypergammaglobulinemia, ANA/ASMA + -
Chronic Hepatitis B Virus	HBsAg+, HBeAg may be + -
Hemochromatosis	Family history+, Fe/TIBC and ferritin elevated -
Wilson’s disease	Family history+, young age, low ceruloplasmin -
Alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency	Family history+, young age, low serum AAT -

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 | '''Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)''' || '''Elevated alk phos, AMA+'''
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 | '''Primary sclerosing cholangitis''' || '''History inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), ANA or ASMA or P-ANCA+'''
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 | '''Alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency''' || '''Family history+, young age, low serum AAT'''
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 ==References==