“…Furthermore, patients with cirrhosis of other etiologies also have been documented with autoantibodyrelated conditions. Gilman et al found that autoantibodie, such as antinuclear antibody, antimitochondrial antibody, antismooth muscle antibody and/or antiliver kidney microsomal antibody, are positive in some patients with hepatitis C infection [22] Karpova et al demonstrated that increases of autoantibodies (anti--intestinal antigens) are associated with degenerative changes in the intestinal mucosa in patients with cirrhosis [23,24].…”