Article
Immunogenetical penetrance in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis.
Japanese journal of medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Shibasaki T, Shimada T, Morita T, Sakai O
Abstract excerpt
Two family cases of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) followed by the existence of autoantibodies such as anti-mitochondrial antibody, anti-nuclear antibody and anti-thyroid antibody are reported. Case O M has typical PBC, however, case H E is complicated by asymptomatic polymyositis. Common haplot...
Topics
- Autoantibodies
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA Antigens
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary
- Liver Function Tests
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Myositis