A case of latent primary biliary cirrhosis

Hepatology Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 166-169

  Tsuji, Keiji ^a,d   Watanabe, Yasuyuki ^a   Kouno, Hirotaka ^a   Aisaka, Yasuyuki ^a   Masanaga, Toshiyuki ^a   Ishihara, Hiroto ^a   Kamiyasu, Masaya ^a   Nakanishi, Toshio ^a   Chayama, Kazuaki ^a   Asahara, Toshimasa ^a   Coppel, Ross ^b   Gershwin, M Eric ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HIROSHIMA CITY ASA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimitochondrial antibody; Immunoblotting; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; ORGAN DONOR; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 10744222587     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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