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STEVEN PAUL MISTILIS, MB; LEON SCHIFF, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1964;113(1):54-62.

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Chronic hepatitis has recently received considerable attention^1-19 under various designations including chronic viral hepatitis,² lupoid hepatitis,^7,12,14,16 plasma cell hepatitis,¹⁰ progressive hepatitis,¹⁵ or subacute hepatitis¹⁹. Although there appears to be general agreement as to the clinical and pathologic features of this disorder, there are controversial views on the efficacy of steroid therapy.^{10,12,14,16,20-29} This study was undertaken to assess the effect of longterm steroid therapy by means of liver function tests and serial liver biopsy specimens. Steroids were withheld for short in- tervals to determine the permanency of their effects and for purposes of control.

Report of a Case

The patient, a 56-year-old Negro female, was first admitted to the Cincinnati General Hospital on June 13, 1961. The onset of her illness was insidious with gradual progression of symptoms for a period of six weeks during which she noted vague epigastric pain, dyspepsia, and progressive anorexia . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CINCINNATI

Trainee in Gastroenterology, 1961-1963, under training grant No. 2A-5120(C5) from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, US Public Health Service (Dr. Mistilis).; From the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and the Gastric Laboratory, Cincinnati General Hospital.

Footnotes
Received for publication June 21, 1963; accepted July 17.

This study was supported in part by funds from the Milton L. Brown and the John N. Eisman Memorial Funds.

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