Can the laboratory affect the investigation and diagnosis of primary biliary cirrhosis?

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 360-362

  Sinclair, David ^a   Spedding, A ^a   Young, R ^a  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL STAFF; MITOCHONDRION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645678594     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.028936     Document Type: Article

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