Background/Aims: Auto-immune hepatitis patients are divided into two well-defined
subgroups on the basis of immunoserological markers, ie anti-actin cable and/or anti-
nuclear antibodies for the auto-immune hepatitis type 1, anti-liver/kidney microsome type 1
and/or anti-liver cytosol type 1 for the autoimmune hepatitis type 2. Controversial antibodies
to a soluble liver antigen have been proposed as a diagnostic marker for the putative auto-
immune hepatitis type 3. The aim was to investigate the implication of anti-soluble liver …