PBC and AMA - What is the connection?

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 271-276

  Neuberger, James ^a   Thomson, Richard ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOIMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MITOCHONDRIA;

EID: 0032943058     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290126     Document Type: Review

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