Liver transplantation for isolated primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and primary biliary cirrhosis with associated autoimmune disease (The PBC overlap syndrome): Is there a difference inprognosis?

Characterization of the overlap syndrome

Characterization of the overlap syndrome of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and autoimmune hepatitis: Evidence for it being a hepatitic form of PBC in genetically susceptible individuals

✍ Ansgar W. Lohse; Karl-Hermann Meyer zum Büschenfelde; Beate Franz; Stephan Kanzl 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 225 KB 👁 1 views

Some patients with autoimmune liver disease present with a clinical and/or histological picture showing characteristic findings of both autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Various names, mostly overlap syndrome, have been used to describe these cases, which have thus far