Smoking as a risk factor for autoimmune liver disease: what we can learn from primary biliary cirrhosis
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a cholestatic liver disease characterised by the immune-mediated destruction of biliary epithelial cells in small intrahepatic bile ducts. The disease is characterised by circulating anti-mitochondrial antibodies (AMA) as well as disease specific anti-nuclear antib...
Main Authors: | Daniel S. Smyk, Eirini I. Rigopoulou, Luigi Muratori, Andrew K. Burroughs, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2012-01-01
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Series: | Annals of Hepatology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119314814 |
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