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Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

open access: yes, 2011
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic liver condition which may affect both intra and extrahepatic biliary tree. Etiology of PSC remains to be fully elucidated but genetic, autoimmune, inflammatory and possibly infective factors could all contribute to its development.
Piotr, Milkiewicz, Ewa, Wunsch
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Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

open access: yesSurgical Clinics of North America, 1990
Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a rare disease of unknown etiology. Sclerosis of the bile ducts may actually be the final result of multiple factors such as autoimmune, bacterial, congenital, drug, or viral injury. The most commonly associated diseases are ulcerative colitis and chronic pancreatitis.
K D, Lillemoe, H A, Pitt, J L, Cameron
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis

open access: yesAnnual Review of Medicine, 1993
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. It affects the biliary system and is characterized by fibrosis and progressive obliteration of extrahepatic and intrahepatic bile ducts. Its frequent coexistence with antibody-mediated diseases, certain human leukocyte antigens, and altered lymphocyte mechanisms ...
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Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2000
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease characterized by fibrosing inflammation and obliteration of intra- and/or extrahepatic bile ducts. The disease is one of the most common cholestatic diseases in adults and is diagnosed with increasing frequency. It is very often associated with ulcerative colitis. Patients with
A Stiehl, C Benz, P Sauer
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis

open access: yesAutoimmunity Reviews, 2003
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a fibrosing disease of the intra- and extra-hepatic bile ducts, and is closely associated with inflammatory bowel disease. It is immune mediated, rather than being a classical autoimmune disease. A range of immune abnormalities have been demonstrated in PSC, in particular the findings of a range of autoantibodies,
Cullen, S, Chapman, R
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