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[Autoimmune liver diseases and their overlap syndromes].
Praxis - 6 Sept 2006
Strassburg C P
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune diseases of the liver are chronic inflammatory diseases leading to an etiologically undefined immune-mediated attack aimed at the hepatocyte, small microscopic bile ducts, and the entire biliary system detectable by cholangiography, respectively. From the standpoint of clinical disease three entities can be distinguished: autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), and primary...
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