primary biliary cirrhosis

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primary biliary cirrhosis [¦Prīm·ə·rē ‚bil·ē·er·ē sə′rō·səs]

(medicine)

A slowly progressive disease primarily of middle-aged women, caused by an autoimmune destruction of bile ducts that begins as inflammation in and around larger intrahepatic bile ducts and eventually results in liver cell damage.

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No references found			No flowers but donations if desired, to The Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Foundation c /o C o -o p e r a t i v e Funeralcare, 4-5 Temple Street, Swindon, SN1 1SQ. Deaths by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) I have been investigating fatigue in people with the auto-immune liver disease, primary biliary cirrhosis. Finding the causes of chronic fatigue; Julia Newtown explains how new ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England) Primary biliary cirrhosis is an inflammation (irritation and swelling) of the bile ducts of the liver resulting in narrowing and obstruction of the flow of bile. Information on Biliary Cirrhosis by Richard James / Health, general community			prima ballerina prima donna Primachenko, Mariia Primachenko, Mariia Avksentevna primacord Primacy Primakoff, Henry Primakov, Evgenii Primakov, Evgenii Maksimovich Primakov, Vitalii Primakov, Vitalii Markovich Primakov, Yevgeny Maksimovich primaquine primary Primary Accounting primary air primary alcohol primary amine Primary and Secondary Qualities primary arc primary area primary atypical pneumonia primary basalt primary battery primary beam primary biliary cirrhosis primary blasting primary body Primary Body Cavity primary branch primary breaker primary cache primary carbon atom primary cell primary center Primary Chronicle primary circle primary circuit primary circulation primary circulation areas primary clay primary coil Primary Colors primary compression primary compression failure primary consolidation primary constriction primary consumer primary contract primary control program Primary Cortex			Primary Atomic Reference Clock in Space primary atypical pneumonia primary atypical pneumonia primary atypical pneumonia Primary auditory cortex Primary auditory cortex Primary authority Primary Automated Lookout System primary autonomic dysfunction Primary Avionics Control Unit Primary Avionics Software System Primary axis Primary balance primary basalt Primary batteries Primary batteries Primary batteries Primary battery Primary battery Primary battery primary beam primary beam primary beam primary beam primary bilateral micronodular hyperplasia Primary Bile Acid Malabsorption primary bile acids primary bile acids primary bile acids primary bile acids primary biliary cirrhosis Primary Biological Aerosol Particle Primary Bipolar Affective Disorder primary blasting primary bloat primary bloat primary bloat primary body Primary Body Cavity Primary Body Waves primary bond primary bond primary bond primary bond primary bond Primary Bone Marrow Macrophages Primary Boot Record primary brain tumor primary brain v's primary brain v's primary brain v's primary brain vesicle primary brain vesicles primary brain vesicles primary brain vesicles Primary Branch Primary Branch primary breaker primary bronchial buds primary bronchus primary c

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