Update on Primary Biliary Cirrhosis by Jenny Heathcote

“…The diagnosis of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is most often made in the asymptomatic phase, sometimes before the development of abnormal liver biochemistry. …”
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Geographic Clusters of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis by Massimo Zuin, Mauro Podda, M. Eric Gershwin, Lorenzo Rossaro, Pietro Invernizzi, Saif Abu-Mouch, Carlo Selmi, Gordon D. Benson, Thomas P. Kenny

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Fractalkine and Other Chemokines in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis by Shinji Shimoda, Carlo Selmi, M. Eric Gershwin

“…Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is characterized by the autoimmune injury of small intrahepatic bile duct. …”
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Antibodies to Cardiolipin in Patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis by John Verrier Jones, Dianne P. Mosher, Edith Jones, C. Noel Williams, Dickran Malatjalian, Roland I. Carr, Mervat Mansour

“…None of the patients with primary biliary cirrhosis gave any history of venous or arterial thrombosis. …”
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Sex Differences Associated with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis by Daniel S. Smyk, Eirini I. Rigopoulou, Albert Pares, Charalambos Billinis, Andrew K. Burroughs, Luigi Muratori, Pietro Invernizzi, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos

“…Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a cholestatic liver disease of autoimmune origin, characterised by the destruction of small intrahepatic bile ducts. …”
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Critical evaluation of pathogenic factors of primary biliary cirrhosis by A. F. Sheptulina, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

Subjects: “…primary biliary cirrhosis…”
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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis in A Patient with Turner Syndrome by Piotr Milkiewicz, Jenny Heathcote

“…An increased prevalence of X chromosome monosomy has recently been demonstrated in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Chronic cholestasis of unknown etiology is a common clinical feature in patients with Turner syndrome who reach the fourth and fifth decades of life. …”
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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Type II Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome by Mark Ram Borgaonkar, David Geoffrey Morgan

“…A liver biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). She underwent a liver transplantation in January 1998. …”
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An Asymptomatic Male with Coexisting Celiac Disease and Primary Biliary Cirrhosis by Franzjosef Schweiger, Jasim Radhi

“…Both primary biliary cirrhosis and celiac disease may be asymptomatic in many patients for extended periods of time. …”
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Pathological Features of New Animal Models for Primary Biliary Cirrhosis by Koichi Tsuneyama, Yuki Moritoki, Kentaro Kikuchi, Yasuni Nakanuma

“…Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is an autoimmune liver disease characterized by immune mediated biliary damage and frequent appearance of autoantibodies against mitochondrial enzymes. …”
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Serial Analysis of Antimitochondrial Antibody in Patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis by Mitchell R. Watnik, M. Eric Gershwin, Atsushi Tanaka, Gordon D. Benson, Kentaro Kikuchi, Hiroshi Miyakawa

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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis-Specific Antimitochondrial Antibodies in Neonatal Haemochromatosis by Daniel S. Smyk, Maria G. Mytilinaiou, Tassos Grammatikopoulos, A. S. Knisely, Giorgina Mieli-Vergani, Dimitrios P. Bogdanos, Diego Vergani

“…We studied an infant with NH and his mother whose sera contained antimitochondrial antibody (AMA), the hallmark of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Material and Methods. To investigate the origin of AMA in the infant, we studied isotype distributions in serum from the mother and infant. …”
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SNP Analysis of Genes Implicated in T Cell Proliferation in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis by M. Eric Gershwin, Mauro Podda, Carlo Selmi, Thomas P. Kenny, Sabine Oertelt, Pietro Invernizzi

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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Hemolytic Anemia Confusing Serum Bilirubin Levels by M Brackstone, Cameron N Ghent

“…However, there has been little documention of the association of primary biliary cirrhosis with autoimmune hemolytic anemia. …”
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Characteristics of primary biliary cirrhosis in British Columbia's First Nations population by Laura Arbour, Rosemarie Rupps, Leigh Field, Paul Ross, Anders Erikson, Harvey Henderson, Warren Hill, Eric M Yoshida

“…Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a rare, autoimmune liver disorder characterized by progressive destruction of intrahepatic bile ducts, that results in portal inflammation, scarring, cirrhosis and, eventually, liver failure. …”
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Results of non-interventional observational study of ursodeoxycholic acid in primary biliary cirrhosis by Yelena N. Shirokova, Anna F. Sheptulina

“…To estimate clinical efficacy and safety of ursodeoxycholic acid («Livodexa®») in a dose of 15 mg/kg/day for 3 months in the treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) of the I to III stage. Material and methods. …”
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Celiac Disease Assocaited with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis in a Coast Salish Native by Hugh J Freeman

“…Clinical and pathological features of primary biliary cirrhosis were also present, along with a familial history of insulin-dependent diabetes. …”
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Primary biliary cirrhosis: clinical and laboratory criteria of diagnostics and up-to-date treatment by L. Yu. Il’chenko, V. I. Reshetn’yak

Subjects: “…primary biliary cirrhosis…”
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Time to Make the Change from ‘Primary Biliary Cirrhosis’ to ‘Primary Biliary Cholangitis’ by Angela C Cheung, Aldo Montano-Loza, Mark Swain, Catherine Vincent, Eberhard Renner, Morris Sherman, Harry LA Janssen, Andrew L Mason

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Early Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: A New Association with Erythema Nodosum of Unknown Origin by Nikolaos K. Gatselis, Kalliopi Zachou, George N. Dalekos

“…Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is associated with immune-mediated dermatologic disorders. …”
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