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Beobachtungen über das Vorkommen von Anti-Leber-Serum-Antikörpern bei Porphyria cutanea tarda des Erwachsenen

✍ Scribed by Al. Bâdânoiu; Despina Mateescu; Gh. Gheorghiu


Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1967
Tongue
English
Weight
899 KB
Volume
229
Category
Article
ISSN
0340-3696

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✦ Synopsis


The hepatic dysmetabolic substratum as well as the chronic character of Porphyria cutanea tarda (P.c.t.) of the adult are already known. The authors investigated the presence of anti-liver autoantibodies in 75 patients suffering with this disease.

By employing complement fixation, passive haemagglutination, immunechromatography and immune-fluorescence the presence of these antibodies in 55 of the investigated eases was demonstrated.

These antibodies belong to the class of anti-eytoplasmatie as well as to that of anti-nuclear antibodies.

The singificance of these antibodies is discussed in the pathogeny of P.c.t. of the adult. They are considered to represent a secondary auto-immune process that participates in the maintenance of the hepatic disturbances.