"Frequency and Significance of Antibodies to Asialoglycoprotein Receptor in type 1 Autoimmune Hepatitis."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences, "Antibodies to asialoglycoprotein receptor have diagnostic specificity for autoimmune hepatitis, but it is uncertain if they are complementary or redundant markers of the disease. Our aims were to assess their frequency and significance in type 1 autoimmune hepatitis and determine their contribution to the evaluation of these patients. Sera from 54 well-characterized patients were evaluated for antibodies to asialoglycoprotein receptor by a radioimmunofiltration assay based ori rabbit-derived protein. Forty-four patients (82%) were seropositive. Seropositive patients were distinguished from...

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