[Persistent cholestatic hepatitis. Diagnostic and therapeutic interest]

The authors report 9 cases of persistent cholestatic hepatitis treated by corticoids. After having defined the selecting criterions of the different observations they note that the period of disappearing of the jaundice by cortico-therapy doesn't go beyond 30 days except for one patient for whom the jaundice was of an excessive long continuance. Biologically, the authors insist on the lack of normalisation of alkaline phosphatase while the other hepatic investigations become nearly normal