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Posthepatitic Cirrhosis Clinically Simulating Extrahepatic Biliary Obstruction (So-Called Primary Biliary Cirrhosis)
This investigation of 23 patients with the clinical syndrome of "primary biliary cirrhosis" was undertaken ... hepatic lesions are distinctive at any stage in their evolution and whether the ...
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Additive Improvement Induced by Bezafibrate in Patients With Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Showing Refractory Response to Ursodeoxycholic Acid
As for IgM levels, UDCA treatment could not improve IgM levels when the patients had high IgM levels before treatment, while combination treatment with bezafibrate and UDCA normalized IgM levels ...
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Antinuclear Antibodies as Ancillary Markers in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic ... and the anticentromere (ACA; Figure 4). ANA in PBC may be directed against the nuclear bodies (NB), the nuclear pore complex (NPC), centromeres ...
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Expression of Hepatocyte Transporters and Nuclear Receptors in Children With Early and Late-Stage Biliary Atresia
At early-stage ... by biliary tract stones, external tumor compression, or congenital biliary anomalies, is a common devastating liver dysfunction, resulting in liver toxicity, cirrhosis, and ...