Mitochondrial and other tissue antibodies in relatives of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis.

  • 1 April 1972
    • journal article
    • Vol. 10  (4) , 609-22
Abstract
Clinical and immunological studies were made on 126 close relatives of twenty-seven patients with primary biliary cirrhosis and in healthy controls matched with them for age and sex. In each of two families there were two members with overt chronic liver disease, and an increased incidence of thyroid disorders was found in the patients and their families.