Are infectious agents involved in primary biliary cirrhosis? A PCR approach

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 664-671

  Tanaka, Atsushi ^g   Prindiville, Thomas P ^g   Gish, Robert ^a   Solnick, Jay V ^b   Coppel, Ross L ^c   Keeffe, Emmet B ^d   Ansari, Aftab ^e   Gershwin, M Eric ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Div Rheumatology/Allerg Clin I   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

16S ribosomal protein; Bacteria; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032865555     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(99)80346-8     Document Type: Article

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