Eosinophilia is a distinctive feature of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), especially in its early stages. Intriguingly, treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) ameliorates eosinophilia as well as liver tests in patients with PBC. It remains unknown, however, whether eosinophils in PBC patients ar
Ten-year survival in ursodeoxycholic acid–treated patients with primary biliary cirrhosis
✍ Scribed by Renée Eugénie Poupon; Anne-Marie Bonnand; Yves Chrétien; Raoul Poupon
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 53 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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