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Clinical distinctions and pathogenic implications of type 1 autoimmune hepatitis in Brazil and the United States.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Sept 2002
Czaja Albert J, Souto Enrico O, Bittencourt Paulo L, Cancado Eduardo L R, Porta Gilda, Goldberg Anna Clara, Donaldson Peter T
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Type 1 autoimmune hepatitis has a strong genetic predisposition that varies among different ethnic groups. Our aims were to determine if the clinical manifestations differed between patients with type 1 autoimmune hepatitis from Brazil and the United States and if classical disease could be associated with region-specific susceptibility markers. METHODS: The clinical manifestations and genetic...
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