Evaluation of F-actin ELISA for the diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2731-2736

  Frenzel, Christian ^a   Herkel, Johannes ^a   Lüth, Stefan ^a   Galle, Peter R ^b   Schramm, Christoph ^a   Lohse, Ansgar W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 33845458012     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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