Points to Remember About Autoimmune Hepatitis

• Autoimmune hepatitis is a long-term disease in which your body's immune system attacks liver cells.
  
  
• The disease is diagnosed using various blood tests and a liver biopsy.
  
  
• With proper treatment, autoimmune hepatitis can usually be controlled. The main treatment is medicine that suppresses the body's overactive immune system.

source: http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/autoimmunehep/index.htm