Autoantibodies in Autoimmune Liver Disease—Clinical and Diagnostic Relevance

Autoantibodies in Autoimmune Liver Disease—Clinical and Diagnostic Relevance

Testing for liver-related autoantibodies should be included in the workup of patients with hepatitis or cholestasis of unknown origin. Although most of these autoantibodies are not disease specific, their determination is a prerequisite to diagnose autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) and primary biliary chol...

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Main Authors: Marcial Sebode, Christina Weiler-Normann, Timur Liwinski, Christoph Schramm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
autoimmune hepatitis
primary biliary cholangitis
primary sclerosing cholangitis
antinuclear antibodies
smooth muscle antibodies
antimitochondrial antibodies
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.00609/full

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