Pathogenesis of primary biliary cirrhosis: A unifying model

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2320-2327

  Kouroumalis, Elias ^a   Notas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Pathogenesis; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

2 OXOACID DEHYDROGENASE; AUTOANTIBODY; ENDOTHELIN; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; APOPTOSIS; BILE DUCT INJURY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 33646463022     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i15.2320     Document Type: Editorial

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