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Liver and biliary tract

Primary sclerosing cholangitis is associated with autoreactive IgA antibodies against biliary epithelial cells

Lena BerglinLiver Immunology Laboratory, Unit of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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Niklas K. BjörkströmLiver Immunology Laboratory, Unit of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden;Center for Infectious Medicine, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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Annika BergquistLiver Immunology Laboratory, Unit of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 719-728 | Received 04 Jan 2013, Accepted 10 Mar 2013, Published online: 28 May 2013

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