Diagnostic utility of IgG and IgM immunohistochemistry in autoimmune liver disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 453-457

  Moreira, Roger Klein ^a   Revetta, Frank ^b   Koehler, Elizabeth ^b   Washington, Mary Kay ^b  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Immunoglobulin; Immunohistochemistry; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; PLASMA CELL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 76149142127     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i4.453     Document Type: Article

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