Autoimmune liver disease-related autoantibodies in patients with biliary atresia.
CONCLUSION: High prevalence of autoantibodies in the BA developmental process strongly reveals the autoimmune-mediated pathogenesis. Serological ANCA positivity may be a useful predictive biomarker of postoperative cholangitis.
PMID: 29391761 [PubMed - in process]
Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Pang SY, Dai YM, Zhang RZ, Chen YH, Peng XF, Fu J, Chen ZR, Liu YF, Yang LY, Wen Z, Yu JK, Liu HY Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: research
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