Detection and Clinical Significance of Autoantibodies in Autoimmune Liver Diseases / 胃肠病学

ABSTRACT

Autoimmune liver diseases (AILD)are a group of chronic liver disease induced by autoimmune disorders, one or multiple autoantibodies usually present in AILD patients,and detection of autoantibodies has become an important tool for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of AILD. For some reasons,such as the differences of physicians' understanding for autoantibodies,the diversity of methodology and combination of items detected in different hospitals, there are still some puzzles in interpretation of results of autoantibodies. In this article,the detection of autoantibodies in AILD is discussed along with their clinical significance to help the clinical interpretation of the significance of autoantibodies.