Time to make the change from 'primary biliary cirrhosis' to 'primary biliary cholangitis'

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 293-

  Cheung, Angela C ^a   Montano Loza, Aldo ^b   Swain, Mark ^c   Vincent, Catherine ^d   Renner, Eberhard ^e   Sherman, Morris ^e   Janssen, Harry L A ^a,f   Mason, Andrew L ^b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 12; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ALLELE; CHOLANGITIS; CONSENSUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY BILIARY CHOLANGITIS; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; NOMENCLATURE;

CHOLANGITIS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84941649731     PISSN: 22912789     EISSN: 22912797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/764684     Document Type: Note

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