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Reverse transcriptase activity in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis and other autoimmune liver disorders.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 15 Aug 2007
McDermid J, Chen M, Li Y, Wasilenko S, Bintner J, McDougall C, Pang X, Bain V G, Mason A L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Patients with biliary disease make retroviral antibodies and the Human Betaretrovirus has been characterized in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. AIM: To screen patients with autoimmune liver disease for evidence of retroviral infection. METHODS: Real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction was used to detect Human Betaretrovirus, and a reverse transcriptase assay to measure...
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