Article
Non-organ specific autoantibodies in children with chronic hepatitis C.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Nov 1996
Bortolotti F, Vajro P, Balli F, Giacchino R, Crivellaro C, Barbera C, Cataleta M, Muratori L, Pontisso P, Nebbia G, Zancan L, Bertolini A, Alberti A, Bianchi F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIMS: Recent studies in adult patients have established a relationship between hepatitis C virus infection and the presence of liver-kidney microsomal autoantibody type 1 (LKM1). Conversely, little is known regarding the relationship between hepatitis C and autoimmunity in children. In...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Antibody Specificity
- Autoantibodies
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chronic Disease
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C Antibodies
- Humans
- Interferons
- Italy
- Male
- Organ Specificity
- Prevalence