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Clinical significance of anti-mitochondrial antibodies in a patient with chronic graft-versus-host disease following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Recent studies indicate that patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) are not expected to show positivity for anti-mitochondrial antibody (AMA), which is a specific disease marker for primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). A differential diagnosis between PBC and hepatic involvement of GVHD...
Autores principales: | , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Korean Society of Hematology; Korean Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation; Korean Society of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology; Korean Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3208205/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22065977 http://dx.doi.org/10.5045/kjh.2011.46.3.200 |
Sumario: | Recent studies indicate that patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) are not expected to show positivity for anti-mitochondrial antibody (AMA), which is a specific disease marker for primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). A differential diagnosis between PBC and hepatic involvement of GVHD based on clinical manifestations and pathologic study is difficult because both diseases show similar results. Therefore, the presence of AMA may be important for distinguishing each disease. Here, we report a case of hepatic involvement of chronic GVHD with positive AMA, in which the pathologic findings and initial presentation of clinical findings were compatible with both PBC and chronic GVHD. |
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