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Risk factors and prediction of long-term outcome in primary biliary cirrhosis.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2011
Ishibashi Hiromi, Komori Atsumasa, Shimoda Shinji, Ambrosini Yoko M, Gershwin M Eric, Nakamura Minoru
Abstract excerpt
The natural history of the disease varies greatly among individual patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Some patients live long without any symptoms while other patients present jaundice and develop hepatic failure in early phases of the disease. Previous studies showed that the natural course of PBC is altered by the use of ursodeoxy cholic acid (UDCA). In this review we discuss variation in the...
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