Article
Chronic active hepatitis associated with vitiligo, nail dystrophy, alopecia and a new variant of LKM antibodies.
Journal of hepatology - 1 May 1990
Sacher M, Blümel P, Thaler H, Manns M
Abstract excerpt
In this report we describe the case of a 7-year-old boy, suffering from autoimmune-type chronic active hepatitis (AI-CAH) associated with vitiligo, nail dystrophy, alopecia areata and a variant of liver kidney microsomal (LKM) autoantibodies. This patient's antibodies are different from LKM-1 which are directed against cytochrome P450 db1. They react predominantly with perivenous hepatocytes in contrast to LKM-1...
Topics
- Alopecia
- Autoantibodies
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Blotting, Western
- Child
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Genetic Variation
- Hepatitis, Chronic
- Humans
- Male
- Nail Diseases
