Association between three autoimmune diseases: vitiligo, primary biliary cirrhosis, and Sjögren's syndrome, [PDF]
Although the association of multiple autoimmune diseases has already been widely described, no reports of the association between vitiligo, primary biliary cirrhosis and Sjogren's syndrome were retrieved in the SciELO and PubMed databases.
Lara Silveira Abdo-Aguiar +1 more
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Biliary Intraepithelial Neoplasia in Non-biliary Cirrhosis—Report From 100 Explanted Livers: A Single Center Experience [PDF]
Background: Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma is a highly malignant tumor with a very short 5-year survival. Multistep carcinogenesis has been suggested as the main pathway for the development of this tumor.
Maryam Zarei +5 more
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Primary biliary cirrhosis: Report [PDF]
Chronic non-suppurative destructive cholangitis, the so-called primary biliary cirrhosis, is characterised by changes, which occur in intrahepatic bile ducts in early stages and in hepatic parenchyma as the disease progresses.
Filipović Branka +3 more
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An interesting case report of delayed presentation of post-cholecystectomy benign biliary stricture
Background The most common cause of benign biliary stricture is bile duct injury after cholecystectomy. Benign biliary strictures are associated with a broad spectrum of signs and symptoms, ranging from subclinical disease with mild elevation of liver ...
Kulbhushan Haldeniya +3 more
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Bile Acid Receptor Therapeutics Effects on Chronic Liver Diseases [PDF]
In the past ten years, our understanding of the importance of bile acids has expanded from fat absorption and glucose/lipid/energy homeostasis into potential therapeutic targets for amelioration of chronic cholestatic liver diseases.
Alpini, Gianfranco +4 more
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Reduced cholesterol synthesis has been reported in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis but no data are available on changes in cholesterol catabolism induced by the disease.
M. Del Puppo +4 more
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Pathologic analysis of liver transplantation for primary biliary cirrhosis [PDF]
A retrospective histopathologic review of all pathologic specimens from 394 adult liver transplant patients was undertaken with clinical correlation to determine if primary biliary cirrhosis has affected the posttrans‐plant course compared to all other ...
Ballardini +25 more
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Characterization and epitope mapping of human monoclonal antibodies to PDC-E2, the immunodominant autoantigen of primary biliary cirrhosis [PDF]
Further to define the epitopes of PDC-E2, the major autoantigen in primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), we have developed and characterized five human monoclonal antibodies. These antibodies were derived by fusing a regional hepatic lymph node from a patient
Bassendine +49 more
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Liver transplantation in primary biliary cirrhosis: Risk assessment and 11-year follow-up [PDF]
Background/Aims: Liver transplantation (LTx) is the only established treatment in patients with end-stage primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Although short-term survival after LTx in this group of patients is usually good, few data exist on the long-term ...
Beuers, Ulrich +8 more
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Association of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis with Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome
Primary biliary cirrhosis is an autoimmune disorder affecting exclusively liver. There has been association of this autoimmune disease with various other neurological counterparts, but Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome in conjunction with primary biliary ...
Anil T Kumar
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