Diagnostic accuracy of four different immunological methods for the detection of anti-F-actin autoantibodies in type 1 autoimmune hepatitis and other liver-related disorders

Autoimmunity

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-110

  Villalta, Danilo ^a   Bizzaro, Nicola ^b   Da Re, Mirella ^a   Tozzoli, Renato ^c   Komorowski, Lars ^d   Tonutti, Elio ^e  

^a Immunologia Clinica e Virologia   (Italy)

^b Laboratorio di Patologia Clinica   (Italy)

^c aboratorio Analisi Chimico cliniche e Microbiologia ^*  (Italy)

^d Institute of Experimental Immunology   (Germany)

^e Immunopatologia e Allergologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti F actin antibodies; Anti microfilaments antibodies; Autoimmune hepatitis; Immunometric assay; Indirect immunofluorescence; VSM 47 cell line

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; F ACTIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CELIAC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNODOT; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CELIAC DISEASE; CELL LINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATTY LIVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RATS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38049036894     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: 1607842X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08916930701619896     Document Type: Article

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