Diagnosing autoimmune hepatitis in children: is the International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group scoring system useful?
The IAIHG scoring system has a use in children. Patients who fall into the other category should have cholangiographic imaging. Using the GGT ratio instead of the ALP ratio in the IAIHG score may improve the specificity for children, identifying those likely to have biliary disease. When GGT is used, patients classified as needing probable pretreatment should be considered for biliary imaging.
In a subgenomic HCV RNA replicon system, the antiviral effect of ribavirin was not modified by the addition of abacavir, tenofovir or lamivudine.