Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 8 , Pages 585-592 , August 2010

Intrahepatic IgG/IgM plasma cells ratio helps in classifying autoimmune liver diseases

  • Daniela Cabibi

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Patologia Umana, University of Palermo, Italy
    • ,
  • Giuseppe Tarantino

      Affiliations

    • Cattedra e Unità Operativa di Gastroenterologia, University of Palermo, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Via Re Federico 13, 90141 Palermo, Italy. Tel.: +39 091 655 2280; fax: +39 091 655 2223.
    • ,
  • Francesco Barbaria

      Affiliations

    • Cattedra e Unità Operativa di Gastroenterologia, University of Palermo, Italy
    • ,
  • Maria Campione

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di Patologia Umana, University of Palermo, Italy
    • ,
  • Antonio Craxì

      Affiliations

    • Cattedra e Unità Operativa di Gastroenterologia, University of Palermo, Italy
    • ,
  • Vito Di Marco

      Affiliations

    • Cattedra e Unità Operativa di Gastroenterologia, University of Palermo, Italy

Received 23 June 2009 ,Accepted 13 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.12.006

Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume 42, Issue 8 , Pages 585-592 , August 2010

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