Effect of Food Intake on Circulating Antigen-Antibody Complexes in Patients with Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Digestion
- Vol. 17 (6) , 554-559
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000198162
Abstract
Serum antibodies directed against 5 alimentary antigens and antigen-antibody complexes were determined in 15 control subjects and in 15 patients with alcoholic liver cirrhosis. Cirrhotic patients presented an increased immune response against these antigens. Antigen-antibody complexes were detected in the fasting plasma of 7 cirrhotic patients. The level of immune complexes increased in 6 out of these 7 patients 1 h after lunch.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: