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Questionnaire based assessment of risk factors for primary biliary cirrhosis.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Jul 2013
Lammert Craig, Nguyen Douglas L, Juran Brian D, Schlicht Erik, Larson Joseph J, Atkinson Elizabeth J, Lazaridis Konstantinos N
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BACKGROUND: Primary biliary cirrhosis is a cholestatic liver disease characterized by immune-mediated destruction of bile ducts. Its pathogenesis is largely unknown, although complex interactions between environment and genetic predisposition are proposed. AIMS: Identify disease risk factors usin...
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