Co-existence of primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis: A rare overlap syndrome put in perspective

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1077-1080

  Kingham, Jeremy G G ^a   Abbasi, Atta ^a  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmune liver disease; Autoimmune overlap syndromes; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

PROPRANOLOL; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BALLOON DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS;

AGED; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGITIS, SCLEROSING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME;

EID: 26444577809     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200510000-00011     Document Type: Review

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