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How do doctors diagnose autoimmune hepatitis?
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Blood tests: There are blood tests to detect the antibodies attacking the liver. Further tests/procedures may be needed to confirm that the problem is not something else (such as primary biliary cirrhosis).
Answered 12/25/2012
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Biopsy and blood: There are blood markers that they test for and also sometimes by a liver biopsy.
Answered 1/13/2013
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