Autoimmune Hepatitis Type 2
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Type 2 autoimmune hepatitis and hepatitis C virus infection.
The prevalence of serum antibodies to hepatitis C virus (HCV) was assessed by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 46 patients seropositive for liver-kidney microsomal antibody (anti-LKM1), the marker of autoimmune hepatitis type 2. 43 had chronic hepatitis (with histological confirmation in 34) and 3 were seropositive for anti-LKM1 without clinical or biochemical evidence of liver damage. T...
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عنوان ژورنال: Laboratory Medicine
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1943-7730,0007-5027
DOI: 10.1309/pwc8-5x4f-cfwf-ypex