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Characterization of recombinant monoclonal IgA anti—PDC-E2 autoantibodies derived from patients with PBC

  1. Nobuyoshi Fukushima1,2,
  2. Greg Nalbandian1,
  3. Dr. Judy Van De Water1,*,
  4. Kandra White3,
  5. Aftab A. Ansari4,
  6. Patrick Leung1,
  7. Thomas Kenny1,
  8. Shizuo G. Kamita5,
  9. Bruce D. Hammock5,
  10. Ross L. Coppel6,
  11. Freida Stevenson7,
  12. Hiromi Ishibashi2,8,
  13. M. Eric Gershwin1

Article first published online: 7 MAR 2007

DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840360614

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Hepatology

Hepatology

Volume 36, Issue 6, pages 1383–1392, December 2002

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Fukushima, N., Nalbandian, G., Van De Water, J., White, K., Ansari, A. A., Leung, P., Kenny, T., Kamita, S. G., Hammock, B. D., Coppel, R. L., Stevenson, F., Ishibashi, H. and Gershwin, M. E. (2002), Characterization of recombinant monoclonal IgA anti—PDC-E2 autoantibodies derived from patients with PBC. Hepatology, 36: 1383–1392. doi: 10.1002/hep.1840360614

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  1. 1

    Division of Rheumatology/Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma City, OK

  2. 2

    Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

  3. 3

    Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK

  4. 4

    Department of Pathology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

  5. 5

    Department of Entomology. University of California, Davis, CA

  6. 6

    Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

  7. 7

    Molecular Immunology Group, Tenovus Laboratory, Southamptom University Hospitals Trust, Southamptom, United Kingdom

  8. 8

    Institute for Clinical Research, National Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan

*Division of Rheumatology/Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of California at Davis, TB 192, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616. fax: 530–752–4669

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  1. Issue published online: 7 MAR 2007
  2. Article first published online: 7 MAR 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 15 SEP 2002
  4. Manuscript Received: 9 APR 2002

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