Reduction of the amount of intestinal secretory IgA in fulminant hepatic failure
Intestinal barrier dysfunction plays an important role in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. In the present study, changes in the intestinal barrier with regard to levels of secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA) and its components were studied in fulminant hepatic failure (FHF). Immunohistochemistry and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2011-05-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2011000500014 |