The usefulness of IgG and IgM immunostaining of periportal inflammatory cells (plasma cells and lymphocytes) for the distinction of autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis and their staining pattern in autoimmune hepatitis-primary biliary cirrhosis overlap syndrome

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 430-437

  Lee, Hwajeong ^a   Stapp, Robert T ^a   Ormsby, Adrian H ^a   Shah, Veena V ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Autoimmune liver disease; IgG; IgM; Overlap syndrome; Primary biliary cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERLAP SYNDROME; PLASMA CELL; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY; ADOLESCENT; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SYNDROME; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77949378562     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPE93GZSHUNTAI     Document Type: Article

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