Is primary biliary cirrhosis another example of an immune-mediated complication of Klinefelter syndrome? [2]

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 286-287

  Li, Jian ^a   Su, Jin Mei ^a   Zeng, Xue Jun ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE;

EID: 4944220996     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000141514.64833.4e     Document Type: Letter

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