blocked, and scarred due to either primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) or primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). Traumatic or surgical injury to the bile ducts is called secondary biliary cirrhosis.

This investigation of 23 patients with the clinical syndrome of "primary biliary cirrhosis" was undertaken to elucidate the morphologic nature of the hepatic alterations, including their etiology ...

Anti-IgG1, IgG2 and IgG3 as secondary antibody. # 17 additional healthy controls tested negative. IIF: Immunofluorescence; PBC: Primary biliary cirrhosis.

A 2006 study from the Mayo clinic confirmed the clinical relevance of metabolic bone disorders in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis. At the time these ...