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Role for mycobacterial infection in pathogenesis of primary biliary cirrhosis?
(2012)
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a progressive cholestatic liver disease characterized by the immune-mediated destruction of biliary epithelial cells in small intrahepatic bile ducts. The disease is characterized by ...
Lack of association between appendectomy and primary biliary cirrhosis
(2006)
Objective. In view of the possible implication of various environmental factors in the pathogenesis of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), the role of appendectomy in patients with PBC and other chronic liver diseases from ...
Reactivation of resolved hepatitis B virus infection after immunosuppression: Is it time to adopt pre-emptive therapy?
(2012)
New therapeutic options like monoclonal antibodies (anti-CD20/rituximab) and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) have increased both the effectiveness of therapies and the risk for reactivation of Hepatitis B ...
Prevalence and clinical significance of isotype specific antinuclear antibodies in primary biliary cirrhosis
(2005)
Background: Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) giving a rim-like/membranous (RL/M) or a multiple nuclear dot (MND) pattern are highly specific for primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Aim and subjects: To assess the prevalence of ...