Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: Family Stories

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic immune-mediated cholestatic liver disease of unknown aetiology which affects mostly women in middle age. Familial PBC is when PBC affects more than one member of the same family, and data suggest that first-degree relatives of PBC patients have an increas...

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Main Authors: Daniel Smyk, Evangelos Cholongitas, Stephen Kriese, Eirini I. Rigopoulou, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Autoimmune Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/189585