to determine if autoimmune features influence the prognosis of severe sporadic chronic active hepatitis of uncertain etiology , 126 corticosteroid-treated patients who had been screened to exclude active hepatitis b infection and possible drug effects or transfusion-related disease were categorized according to the presence of the lupus erythematosus cell , antinuclear antibody , smooth muscle antibody , and coexistent autoimmune diseases .
C0409974
lupus erythematosus
C0004364
autoimmune diseases