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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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He bred mice prone to primary biliary cirrhosis, ah autoimmune disease that leads to the destruction of the small bile ducts in the liver.
ANTARA is contraindicated in patients with hypersensitivity to fenofibrate, in patients with hepatic or severe renal dysfunction including primary biliary cirrhosis, in patients with unexplained persistent liver function abnormality, and in patients with preexisting gallbladder disease.
ANTARA is contraindicated in patients with hypersensitivity to fenofibrate, in patients with hepatic or severe renal dysfunction including primary biliary cirrhosis, in patients with unexplained persistent liver function abnormality, and in patients with preexisting gallbladder disease.
 
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