PBC triggers in water reservoirs, coal mining areas and waste disposal sites: From Newcastle to New York

Disease Markers

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 337-344

  Smyk, Daniel ^a   Mytilinaiou, Maria G ^a   Rigopoulou, Eirini I ^b,c   Bogdanos, Dimitrios P ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND REHABILITATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Bile ducts; Cholestasis; Cross reactivity; Disease; Environment; Immunity; Liver; Mimicry; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

AUTOIMMUNITY; COAL MINING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INDIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MIGRATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; NOVOSPHINGOBIUM AROMATICIVORANS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79951661765     PISSN: 02780240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DMA-2010-0744     Document Type: Review

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