Chaves V, Paunier L, Berclaz R, Delèze G, Abuaf N, Belli D C
Department of Pediatrics, Clinique Universitaire de Pédiatrie, Geneva, Switzerland.
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1991 Feb;12(2):288-90. doi: 10.1097/00005176-199102000-00026.
A 14-year-old girl presented with anti-liver-kidney microsome autoimmune hepatitis preceded by alopecia 3 years earlier. Both pathologies were greatly improved by immunosuppressive therapy. Alopecia is a newly reported extrahepatic manifestation of type 2 autoimmune hepatitis. Its appearance could alert the clinician to an increased risk of autoimmune hepatitis in children.
