| Literature DB >> 1330094 |
M C Divano1, A Parodi, A Rebora.
Abstract
No anti-liver kidney microsomal (LKM1) antibodies were detected in 46 patients with LP, 16 of whom had also a chronic liver disease (CLD). In contrast, anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies were found in 10% of patients with LP and in 50% of those with LP and CLD. Anti-HCV antibodies may be considered as a false-positive reaction in 56% of cases, especially when anti-LKM1 antibodies are present. Our findings do not support such a hypothesis, but suggest that CLD in LP patients is, at least in Italy, mostly a postviral chronic active hepatitis.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID： 1330094 DOI： 10.1159/000247428
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Dermatology ISSN： 1018-8665 Impact factor: 5.366