Primary biliary cirrhosis

The Lancet

Volumn 377, Issue 9777, 2011, Pages 1600-1609

  Selmi, Carlo ^a   Bowlus, Christopher L ^b   Gershwin, M Eric ^b   Coppel, Ross L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COLECALCIFEROL; COLESTYRAMINE; DRONABINOL; ESTROGEN; ETIDRONIC ACID; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR BETA2; INTERLEUKIN 12P35; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; MODAFINIL; NALMEFENE; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; RIFAMPICIN; SERTRALINE; STAT4 PROTEIN; STEROID; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; VITAMIN D;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; EVENING DOSAGE; FATIGUE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; JAUNDICE; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 79955689227     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61965-4     Document Type: Review

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