Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic, cholestatic liver disease characterized by progressive destruction of intrahepatic bile ducts, resulting in chronic cholestasis, portal inflammation ...

stricture formation and progressive destruction of the biliary tree that leads to biliary cirrhosis. SSC is thought to develop as a consequence of known injuries or secondary to pathological ...

Biliary cirrhosis was the unique risk factor that underlay her sudden brush with death, while V. vulnificus was the perp that caused the profound sepsis and necrotic, blistering wounds for which ...

Intercept already sells a formulation of the drug under the Ocaliva brand name for primary biliary cirrhosis and cholangitis, with US revenues of around $260 million last year and another $100 ...

Patients with any prior history of any of the study drugs, a prior diagnosis of chronic liver disease, or other causes of cirrhosis (eg, biliary, infectious, or childhood cirrhosis) were excluded.

Antitotal IgG as secondary antibody. ¶ Anti-IgG1, IgG2 and IgG3 as secondary antibody. # 17 additional healthy controls tested negative. IIF: Immunofluorescence; PBC: Primary biliary cirrhosis.