Primary biliary cirrhosis: For want of an X chromosome?

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9408, 2004, Pages 505-506

  Kaplan, Marshall M ^a   Bianchi, Diana W ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; EPITOPE; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETAL CELL MICROCHIMERISM; FETUS CELL; FIBROSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER FAILURE; MICROCHIMERISM; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MONOSOMY X; NORMAL HUMAN; NOTE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 1242317761     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15576-1     Document Type: Note

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