The importance of autoantibody detection in autoimmune hepatitis

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Cancado, Eduardo Luiz Rachid ^a   Abrantes Lemos, Clarice Pires ^a   Terrabuio, Debora Raquel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti LKM1 antibodies; Anti SepSecS; Antinuclear antibodies; Antismooth muscle antibodies; Autoimmune hepatitis; Autoimmune liver diseases; Liver autoantibodies

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; F ACTIN; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84934293736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00222     Document Type: Article

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