Epidemiology
Autoimmune hepatitis can develop in people of any race or age but occurs most frequently in women. Eighty percent of cases are the type 1 subtype with women being affected 4 times more often than men; for the type 2 subtype, women are affected 10 times more often than men.European studies suggest a disease incidence of 1 to 2 people affected per 100,000 population with a prevalence of 10 to 25 people per 100,000 population.The disease has a bimodal peak occurring between the ages of 10 to 20 and then later in life between the ages of 40 to 50. History
Autoimmune hepatitis was previously called "lupoid" hepatitis due to people having an associated autoimmune disease like system lupus erythematosus at time of diagnosis, which was believed to be its cause. It was originally described in the early 1950s. References


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The 2007 film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a screen adaptation of Baubys memoir. Jean-Dominique was instrumental in forming the Association du Locked-In Syndrome (ALIS) in France. See also
Alternating hemiplegia
Posterior cerebral artery syndrome
Middle cerebral artery syndrome
Anterior cerebral artery syndrome

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