Chronic hepatitis C associated with anti-liver/kidney microsome-1 antibody is not a subgroup of autoimmune hepatitis

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 769-776

  Miyakawa, Hiroshi ^a   Kitazawa, Eriko ^a   Abe, Kazuhiro ^a   Kawaguchi, Naomi ^a   Fuzikawa, Hirotoshi ^a   Kikuchi, Kentaro ^a   Kako, Makoto ^a   Komatsu, Tatsuji ^b   Hayashi, Naoaki ^c   Kiyosawa, Kendo ^d  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis type IIb; HCV genotype; HCV RNA; HLA; Interferon

Indexed keywords

HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; INTERFERON; MICROSOME ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY MICROSOME; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 9844233168     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02936953     Document Type: Article

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