Detection of IgA, IgM, and IgG subclasses of anti-M2 antibody by immunoblotting in autoimmune cholangitis: Is autoimmune cholangitis an early stage of primary biliary cirrhosis?

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 607-612

  Nakajima, Mikako ^a   Shimizu, Hidetake ^a   Miyazaki, Akihisa ^c   Watanabe, Sumio ^a   Kitami, Noriyuki ^b   Sato, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TJK Kenshin Center   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anti M2 antibody; Autoimmune cholangitis; IgA; Immunoblot; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; BILIRUBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHOLANGITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032707113     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350050380     Document Type: Article

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