Is biliary atresia an autoimmune disease? [1]

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 447-

  A Kader, Hassan H ^a,d   Abdel Hameed, Ahmed ^b   Al Shabrawi, Mortada ^b   Mohsen, Nabil ^b   El Karaksy, Hanaa ^b   Hassanein, Bahaa ^c   Elsayed, Behairy ^c   Abdel Khalik, Mohammed K ^b   Karjoo, Manoochehr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Cairo University   (Egypt)

^c Menoufeya Liver Institute   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFANT; LETTER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BILIARY ATRESIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH;

EID: 0242499965     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200304000-00020     Document Type: Letter

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