Article
Genetic predispositions for the immunological features of chronic active hepatitis.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Oct 1993
Czaja A J, Carpenter H A, Santrach P J, Moore S B
Abstract excerpt
To assess the frequency and genetic predispositions of concurrent immunological diseases and immunoserological markers in autoimmune hepatitis and chronic viral hepatitis, we assessed 185 patients prospectively, including 122 patients with autoimmune hepatitis and 63 patients with viral disease....
Topics
- Antibodies, Antinuclear
- Autoantibodies
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Female
- HLA Antigens
- HLA-DR4 Antigen
- Hepatitis, Chronic
- Hepatitis, Viral, Human
- Humans
- Immune System Diseases
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Muscle, Smooth
- Phenotype
- Prospective Studies