Detection of antimitochondrial autoantibodies in immunofluorescent AMA-negative patients with primary biliary cirrhosis using recombinant autoantigens
โ Scribed by Hiroshi Miyakawa; Atsushi Tanaka; Kentaro Kikuchi; Masanao Matsushita; Eriko Kitazawa; Naomi Kawaguchi; Hirotoshi Fujikawa; M.Eric Gershwin
- Book ID
- 111721574
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 118 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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