Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a rare but important liver disease that leads to cirrhosis and need for liver transplantation in a high proportion of cases. The disease occurs in approximately 1 per 100,000 population per year, usually presents in adulthood, and affects men more often than w
A difficult case of primary sclerosing cholangitis
โ Scribed by Hugo E. Vargas
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 414 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.20951
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โฆ Synopsis
- The immediate postoperative concerns in a patient with primary sclerosing cholangitis. 2. Recognize the difficulties in assessing biliary health in patients that have had complicated postoperative biliary concerns. 3. Recognize the difficulty in ascertaining the presence of chronic rejection vs. recurrent primary sclerosing cholangitis.
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