Prevalence of IgG autoantibody against F-actin in patients suspected of having autoimmune or acute viral hepatitis

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 249-253

  Jaskowski, Troy D ^a   Konnick, Eric Q ^a   Ashwood, Edward R ^a,b   Litwin, Christine M ^a,b   Hill, Harry R ^a,b  

^a ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIH type 1; Anti nuclear antibody; Anti smooth muscle; Enzyme immunoassay; Indirect fluorescent antibody

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; F ACTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ACTINS; ACUTE DISEASE; AUTOANTIBODIES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UTAH;

EID: 34547465111     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20167     Document Type: Article

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