Have serum vitamin D and ferritin a role in predicting the prognosis of autoimmune hepatitis treatment in children?

Aim Of The Study: To investigate whether serum ferritin and vitamin D levels before starting autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) treatment have a role in disease prognosis regarding a therapeutic response.

Material And Methods: The prospective study included 100 children diagnosed with AIH according to simplified criteria for diagnosis of AIH. They attended the Pediatric Hepatology Department, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University.