Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD A hepatologist is a doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating liver and biliary system conditions, like fatty liver disease, cirrhosis (severe scarring) ...

Hirschfield, G. M. et al. Efficacy of obeticholic acid in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis and inadequate response to ursodeoxycholic acid. Gastroenterology 148, 751–761 (2015).

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a rare liver disease. It blocks and destroys bile ducts in the liver. Doctors used to call it “primary biliary cirrhosis.” “Biliary” means bile. That ...

Sclerosing cholangitis and primary biliary cirrhosis, which is now called primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), are chronic cholestatic liver diseases, but they differ in their causes, affected bile ...

Relationship between Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) are both chronic autoimmune diseases. PBC ...

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), also called primary biliary cirrhosis, and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) are characterized by the breakdown of your bile ducts.

There's no cure yet for primary biliary cholangitis, (previously known as primary biliary cirrhosis), a long-term liver disease. But there are ways to slow its progress and help ease your symptoms.

More information: Giulia Jannone et al, Senescence and senotherapies in biliary atresia and biliary cirrhosis, Aging (2023). DOI: 10.18632/aging.204700 ...

Immune-mediated thrombocytopenia (ITP) Immunological platelet destruction is common in people with autoimmune liver diseases, such as autoimmune hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 85-year-old female who has had primary biliary cirrhosis of the liver for many years. I have been on 300 mg of ursodiol taken three times a day for all those years, with no ...

Primary biliary cholangitis, previously called primary biliary cirrhosis, is a chronic disease in which the bile ducts in the liver are slowly destroyed. Rising healthcare expenditure is one such ...