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Autoimmune liver disease patients show evidence of Helicobacter infection

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, May 10th, 2004

Autoimmune liver disease patients show evidence of Helicobacter infection.

"Various Helicobacter species have been isolated from the stomach, intestinal tract and liver of a variety of mammalian and some avian species, and Helicobacter DNA has been detected in human bile and liver samples. An immunoblot assay was established to analyze serum antibody responses to non-gastric Helicobacter species in patients with autoimmune liver diseases, in comparison with healthy individuals. Sera from 36 patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), 21 with primary biliary cirrhosis, 19 with autoimmune chronic hepatitis and 80 blood donors were...

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