Clinicolaboratory characteristics of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis associated with CREST symptoms

Hepatology Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 187-195

  Tojo, Jun ^a   Ohira, Hiromasa ^a   Suzuki, Tomohiro ^a   Takeda, Isao ^a   Shoji, Isao ^a   Kojima, Toshihiko ^a   Takagi, Toru ^a   Kuroda, Masahito ^a   Miyata, Masayuki ^a   Nishimaki, Tomoe ^a,b   Ohnami, Kozo ^b   Kanno, Takashi ^c   Mukai, Shinji ^c   Kasukawa, Reiji ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Katta General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Oota Nishinouchi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticentromere antibody; Antimitochondrial antibody; Esophageal varices; HLA DR9; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CENTROMERE ANTIBODY; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CALCINOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME CREST; TELANGIECTASIA;

EID: 0036207056     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(01)00138-3     Document Type: Article

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