Is ANCA really related to chronic liver disease?

Liver International

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 157-158

  Sir, Jung Uk ^a   Kim, Think You ^a  

^a Hanyang University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MACROPHAGE; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 73349101033     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2009.02107.x     Document Type: Letter

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