Autoantibodies in Autoimmune Hepatitis: Can Epitopes Tell Us about the Etiology of the Disease?
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) are serious autoimmune liver diseases that are characterized by a progressive destruction of the liver parenchyma and/or the hepatic bile ducts and the development of chronic fibrosis. Left untrea...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-02-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2018.00163/full |