Molecular identification of bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene in liver tissue of primary biliary cirrhosis: Is Propionibacterium acnes involved in granuloma formation?

Hepatology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 530-536

  Harada, Kenichi ^a   Tsuneyama, Koichi ^a   Sudo, Yoshiko ^a   Masuda, Shinji ^b   Nakanuma, Yasuni ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kouseiren Takaoka Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CHROMOSOME MICRODISSECTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES;

EID: 0035129896     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2001.22653     Document Type: Article

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