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. 1973 May;26(5):335–339. doi: 10.1136/jcp.26.5.335

Australia antigen and primary biliary cirrhosis

R N M MacSween 1,2,3,4, A A C Yeung Laiwah 1,2,3,4, A A Busuttil 1,2,3,4, Mair A Thomas 1,2,3,4, Sheila K Ross 1,2,3,4, G Watkinson 1,2,3,4, I Millman 1,2,3,4, B S Blumberg 1,2,3,4,1
PMCID: PMC477729  PMID: 4197542

Abstract

Sera from 64 patients with primary biliary cirrhosis have been examined for Australia antigen (Au). On immunodiffusion and immunoelectrophoresis all sera were negative. Using a radioimmunoprecipitation technique 15·6% of sera contained antigen compared with an incidence of 3·1% in matched controls, a significant difference (p = 0·015). Anti-Au was found in 9·4% of patients and in 7·8% of controls. In lymphocyte transformation studies lymphocytes from one of 24 patients with primary biliary cirrhosis transformed on stimulation with an Au-rich serum.

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