JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL HEPATOLOGY ›› 2014, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (2): 218-220.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2014.02.030

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Advances of the researth of the value of antimitochondrial antibody in the diagnosis of primary biliary cirrhosis

Liu ran review, Lu Lun-gen reviser   

  1. Department of Gastroenterology,Shanghai First People's Hospital,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200080 Shanghai,China
  • Received:2013-04-02 Online:2014-08-20 Published:2016-04-15

Abstract: Primary biliary cirrhosis is a chronic, slowly progressive cholestatic liver disease of unknown etiology. The antimitochondrial antibody detected in the blood is specific and wih high sensitivity for the diagnosis of PBC. Recent years,with the increased acknowledge of clinic phsicians and the popular of the detection of autoantibodies, the incidence and prevalence has increasing trend year by year,early diagnosis and treatment have great significance on the prognosis of the disease. This researth is focused on the significance of the antimitochondrial antibody and its subtypes in diagnosing of primary biliary cirrhosis.

Key words: Primary biliary cirrhosis, antimitochondrial antibody, Diagnosis