Three patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis and Hodgkin's disease, a previously unrecognized association, are reported. All three patients were men, and one patient had Crohn's disease of the colon. Primary sclerosing cholangitis was diagnosed 2 , l l and 17 yr before diagnosis of Hodgkin's d
The metabolic bone disease of primary sclerosing cholangitis
โ Scribed by J. Eileen Hay; Keith D. Lindor; Russell H. Wiesner; E. Rolland Dickson; Ruud A. F. Krom; Nicholas F. Larusso
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 774 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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