Sex differences associated with primary biliary cirrhosis

Clinical and Developmental Immunology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Smyk, Daniel S ^a   Rigopoulou, Eirini I ^b   Pares, Albert ^c   Billinis, Charalambos ^b   Burroughs, Andrew K ^d   Muratori, Luigi ^e   Invernizzi, Pietro ^f,g   Bogdanos, Dimitrios P ^a,b,h  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^d ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h Institute for Biomedical Research and Technology   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; SEX HORMONE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BILE DUCT; CHOLESTASIS; DISEASE COURSE; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; FEMALE; MALE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84862275352     PISSN: 17402522     EISSN: 17402530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/610504     Document Type: Review

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