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Successful low-dose azathioprine for myasthenia gravis despite hepatopathy from primary sclerosing cholangitis: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2010
Introduction Although myasthenia gravis is frequently associated with other disorders, it has not been reported together with primary sclerosing cholangitis, complicating the administration of liver-toxic immunosuppressive therapy. Case presentation A 73-
Höflich Sonja, Finsterer Josef
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Alveolar Echinococcosis in a Patient with Presumed Autoimmune Hepatitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: An Unexpected Finding after Liver Transplantation

open access: yesPathogens, 2023
Primary sclerosing cholangitis is an important reason for liver transplantation. Hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is caused by Echinococcus multilocularis and presents characteristic calcified conglomerates detected by ultrasound or computed ...
Florian Fronhoffs   +15 more
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Atypical presentation of autoimmune hepatitis–primary sclerosing cholangitis overlap syndrome associated with hypereosinophilia: a case report and review of the literature

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Background Autoimmune hepatitis–primary sclerosing cholangitis overlap syndrome is a form of autoimmune hepatitis with cholestatic features and is characterized by negative anti-mitochondrial antibody and cholangiographic changes on magnetic resonance ...
Behzad Hatami   +2 more
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Immunoglobulin G subtypes-1 and 2 differentiate immunoglobulin G4-associated sclerosing cholangitis from primary sclerosing cholangitis

open access: yes, 2020
Background Autoimmune pancreatitis is a special form of chronic pancreatitis with strong lymphocytic infiltration and two histopathological distinct subtypes, a lymphoplasmacytic sclerosing pancreatitis and idiopathic duct centric pancreatitis ...
Valente, Roberto   +21 more
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Characteristic features of ulcerative colitis with concomitant primary sclerosing cholangitis

open access: yesGastroenterology Review, 2021
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease of the colon. The most frequent symptoms include bloody diarrhoea with rectal urgency and tenesmus.
Artur W. Uździcki   +1 more
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Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

open access: yesNature Reviews Disease Primers
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic biliary inflammation associated with periductular fibrosis of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts leading to strictures, bacterial cholangitis, decompensated liver disease and need for liver transplantation.
Malik S, Dbouk N, Grant LM, Samant H.
europepmc   +5 more sources

Characteristics and outcome of primary sclerosing cholangitis associated with inflammatory bowel disease in Asian children

open access: yesPediatrics and Neonatology, 2019
Background: Current knowledge on the clinical features and natural history of childhood primary sclerosing cholangitis – inflammatory bowel disease in Asia is limited.
Way Seah Lee   +8 more
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Chemokine receptor-5Delta32 mutation is no risk factor for ischemic-type biliary lesion in liver transplantation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
It has been shown that certain chemokine receptor polymorphisms may correspond to certain complications after organ transplantation. Ischemic-type biliary lesion (ITBL) encounters for major morbidity and mortality in liver transplant recipients.
Christian Moench   +9 more
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Sump syndrome of the remnant common bile duct following a living donor liver transplant

open access: yesJournal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2021
Sump syndrome – a collection of digested food, debris, stones, bile, and bacteria in a poorly drained, bile duct reservoir – occurs most commonly after a side-to-side choledochoduodenostomy.
Gordon Robbins   +5 more
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Drug therapy of primary biliary diseases: classical and modern strategies

open access: yes, 2013
Definition: Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) are both cholestatic liver diseases. A common feature of these disorders is the accumulation of bile acids in the liver and blood, presumably because of decreased ...
Leuschner, Ulrich, Schlichting, Julia
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