Familial primary biliary cirrhosis reassessed: a geographically-based population study.

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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Development of primary biliary cirrhosis in the close relatives of patients with the disease has been reported in several series, suggesting a genetic component to disease susceptibility. In this study we set out to calculate, as accurately as possible, the prevalence of familial primary biliary cirrhosis in a geographically-based population. Using local population prevalence data, we have also...

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