To confirm a diagnosis of celiac disease, a biopsy of the small intestine is examined to detect damage to the intestinal villi. However, given the invasive nature and cost of a biopsy, antibody tests are often used to identify those individuals with high probability of having celiac disease.
Autoimmune hepatitis is a disease in which the body's immune system attacks liver cells. This immune response causes inflammation of the liver, also called hepatitis. Researchers think a genetic factor may make some people more susceptible to autoimmune diseases.
Autoimmune hepatitis is a type of liver inflammation in which the bodyâs immune cells attack healthy liver cells after mistaking them for disease-causing foreign substances.It affects children and adults at any age.hile other forms of hepatitis are caused by bacteria or viruses, in autoimmune hepatitis, the immune system itself attacks the liver cells because it cannot distinguish between harmful invaders and healthy liver tissue.