Low specificity of anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 184-189

  Bizzaro, N ^a   Tampoia, M ^b   Villalta, D ^c   Platzgummer, S ^a   Liguori, M ^d   Tozzoli, R ^a   Tonutti, E ^e  

^a Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c Immunologia Clinica e Virologia   (Italy)

^d BROTZU HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Immunopatologia e Allergologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; False positive; Mitochondrial antibodies; Tissue transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

CAVIA PORCELLUS;

EID: 33748800993     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20130     Document Type: Article

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