Anti-parietal cell autoantibodies (PCA) as serological marker of recurrent primary biliary cirrhosis after liver transplantation
S Ciesek, T Becker, J Klempnauer, MP Manns, CP Strassburg · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2007 · Heft 01
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Zusammenfassung
Liver transplantation (OLT) for primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is characterized by disease recurrence of up to one third of patients. The diagnosis of recurrence requires a cholestatic profile and a typical histology representing a challenge for transplant hepatologists. Antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA) establish the initial diagnosis, persist after OLT, and are thus of limited value for the diagnosis of recurrence. Aim of this analysis was to identify serological parameters associated with recurrent PBC. OLT performed between 1992 and 2006 at Hannover Medical School were evaluated retrospectively including h…