The appearance of autoantibodies against mitochondria in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis has been known for more than 25 yr. In the past, based on the biochemical complexity of the mitochondrion and the use of crude extracts for immunodiagnosis, a degree of nonspecificity in assaying for ant
Serological markers of primary biliary cirrhosis: Diagnosis, prognosis and subsets
β Scribed by Dr. Margaret F. Bassendine; S. J. Yeaman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 443 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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