A study of antimitochondrial antibodies in a random population in Estonia

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 124-126

  Turchany, J M ^b   Uibo, R ^b   Kivik, T ^b   Van De Water, Judy ^b   Prindiville, Thomas ^b   Coppel, Ross L ^b   Gershwin, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANTIBODIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTONIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0031013871     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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