The in vitro production of antibodies to mitochondrial antigens by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with primary biliary cirrhosis
β Scribed by Mark I. Avigan; Gregory Adamson; Jay H. Hoofnagle; E. Anthony Jones
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 684 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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β¦ Synopsis
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a disease that typically affects middle-aged women and is characterized by progressive intrahepatic cholestasis which leads ultimately to cirrhosis, portal hypertension and hepatocellular failure (1). The underlying histopathological lesion in PBC is a chronic, nonsuppurative destructive cholangitis. The etiology of PBC is unknown; it is thought to
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