Influence of Centrifugation Temperature on the Plasma Total Homocysteine Concentration

and/or autoantibody-induced decreased clearance of the sialic aciddeficient transferrin isoforms (CDT) via the asialoglycoprotein receptor.The underlying mechanism for the increased CDT in our patient might be different from that in viral liver cirrhosis.To explore the etiology of this finding, measurements of neuraminidase and sialyltransferase activity (9 ) and of the sialyltransferase mRNA concentration (10 ) may be useful.We consider autoimmune hepatitis as a new cause for pathologic CDT results despite typical alcohol intake.