Bile acid and immunosuppressive therapy in primary biliary cirrhosis
Year: 1995
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic, cholestatic liver\\ndisease characterized by non-suppurative destruction of interlobular and\\nseptal bile ducts, with subsequent liver damage and eventually\\ndevelopment of cirrhosis. The disease is relatively rare with an\\nestimated annual incidence and point prevalence in Europe of about 14\\nand 114 per million population respectively.The course of the\\ndisease is variable and unpredictable, but potentially fa1tal.
Author: Franciscus Wolfhagen
Language: English
Topic: Liver Diseases and Immunity
Subfield: Hepatology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2167371818