title: A case of rheumatoid arthritis that developed autoimmune hepatitis associated with anti-Golgi complex antibody.
abstract: Abstract A 50-year-old woman, who had been diagnosed as having rheumatoid arthritis (RA) 7 months earlier, was admitted to our hospital because of liver dysfunction. Her laboratory data and histological findings satisfied the criteria for autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) as revised by the International AIH Group. Laboratory examinations (indirect immunofluorescence and immunoblotting analyses) revealed that anti-Golgi complex antibodies (AGA) were positive in her serum. AGA are thought to be closely associated with AIH and/or liver dysfunction according to several reports.
authors.affiliation: Internal medicine I, National Defense Medical College , 3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa 359-8513 , Japan.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Kimihiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shinohara
authors.forename: Kunio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: Kimiya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Narihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishiyama
authors.forename: Fumitaka
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ohsuzu