| Literature DB >> 4719210 |
R A Fox, P J Scheuer, S Sherlock.
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Four asymptomatic patients are described with raised serum alkaline phosphatase values and a positive serum mitochondrial antibody test. In all four needle liver biopsy showed destructive bile duct lesions. Lymphocyte transformation to phytohaemagglutinin was normal in three and impaired in one who also suffered from rheumatoid arthritis. Two patients showed normal skin and serological test responses to dinitrochlorobenzene and haemocyanin. These four patients are believed to be suffering from asymptomatic primary biliary cirrhosis.Entities:
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Year: 1973 PMID: 4719210 PMCID: PMC1412729 DOI: 10.1136/gut.14.6.444
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gut ISSN: 0017-5749 Impact factor: 23.059