Serum oligoclonal immunoglobulin bands in cirrhotic patients [10]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2602-2603

  Georgios, Kalambokis ^a   Kolios, Georgios ^a   Seferiadis, Konstantinos ^a   Tsianos, Epameinondas V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN ANTIBODY; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; BLOOD; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PLASMA CELL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; HUMANS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; PLASMA CELLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644648729     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00305_10.x     Document Type: Letter

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