as part of an investigation of the possible role of autoimmune mechanisms in the development of chronic active hepatitis ( cah ) in schistosomiasis , sera from 25 patients ( group i ) with hepatic schistosomiasis without histological features of cah and 5 patients ( group ii ) with cah and intestinal mansoniasis , but without discernible hepatic infection , were examined for the presence of the liver membrane antibody ( lma ) that is reportedly associated with the autoimmune variant of cah .
C0023884
liver
C0241910
autoimmune