Frequency of IgG, IgM, and IgA class autoantibodies against 2-oxo-acid dehydrogenase complex in 102 Japanese patients with primary biliary cirrhosis

Hepatology Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-171

  Kinoshita, Hideki ^a   Omagari, Katsuhisa ^a   Matsuo, Isao ^a   Yamaguchi, Kanae ^a   Ikuno, Nobuhiro ^a   Kohno, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimitochondrial antibody; Branched chain oxo acid dehydrogenase complex; Immunoblotting; Immunoglobulin; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex

Indexed keywords

2 OXOACID DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032839377     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(99)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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