biliary cirrhosis

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Related to biliary cirrhosis: secondary biliary cirrhosis

biliary cirrhosis

[′bil·ē‚er·ē sə′rō·səs]

(medicine)

A progressive inflammatory disease of the liver due to obstruction of bile ducts.

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Genetic polymorphisms of vitamin D receptor and genetic polymorphisms of proteins that are implicated in vitamin D synthesis have been reported to play a role in CLD bone disorders, especially in primary biliary cirrhosis (21).

HEPATIC OSTEODYSTROPHY: A GLOBAL (RE)VIEW OF THE PROBLEM

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is an idiopathic chronic inflammatory, cholestatic, primarily T cell-mediated destruction of intra-hepatic microscopic bile ducts1.

ANTI-MITOCHONDRIAL ANTIBODY NEGATIVE PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS: A CASE REPORT

Idiopathic adulthood ductopenia: a cause of chronic cholestatic liver disease and biliary cirrhosis.

Idiopathic adulthood ductopenia manifesting as jaundice in a young male

Christine, a 49-year old female, knew nothing about the chronic disease primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC).

Primary biliary cirrhosis

Association of estrogen receptor single-nucleotide polymorphisms with primary biliary cirrhosis susceptibility

Association of Estrogen Receptor Gene Polymorphisms and Primary Biliary Cirrhosis in a Chinese Population: A Case-Control Study

It also reviews key players involved in the therapeutic development for Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and special features on late-stage and discontinued projects.

Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Pipeline Review, H2 2015 - New Market Report

Primary biliary cirrhosis, hyperlipidemia, and atherosclerotic risk: a systematic review.

A woman with primary biliary cirrhosis and hyponatremia

Primary biliary cirrhosis is an organ-specific autoimmune disease of the liver characterized by the presence of serum anti-mitochondrial antibodies (AMAs) and chronic nonsuppurative destructive cholangitis involving small-sized and medium-sized bile ducts with progressive fibrosis, leading to cirrhosis.

Pathophysiology and Diseases of the Proximal Pathways of the Biliary System

A snapshot of the global therapeutic scenario for Primary Biliary Cirrhosis.

New Market Report Now Available: Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Pipeline Review, H1 2013

MEETING UP Fiona Hale who has primary biliary cirrhosis with science minister David Willetts

Liver disease that preys on the young; University leads way on PS6m research

PCR testing alone showed increased levels of EBV DNA in the lungs in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, kidney in IgA nephropathy, and the liver in primary biliary cirrhosis.

Epstein-Barr virus & autoimmune disease: the infection connection

The age and sex of the patient at the onset of primary biliary cirrhosis predict the severity of disease and the likelihood of response to treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid, reported Dr.