Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) can deliver a significant blow to patients' quality of life, especially if they are not appropriately diagnosed and treated. "PBC is one of those liver diseases ...

Once clinical suspicion has been established for primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), the "serologic hallmark" of the autoimmune disease are anti-mitochondrial antibodies (AMA), present in ...

The diagnosis of cirrhosis and other liver diseases due to hepatitis B in GBD 2019 is based GBD cause code (B.4.1), hereafter collectively referred to as hepatitis B-associated cirrhosis, this general ...

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic, progressive disease of the bile duct system. The bile duct system carries bile from the liver and gallbladder into the first part of the small ...

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) ...

Objective The aetiology of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is largely unknown. Previous studies have indicated that both environmental and genetic risk factors may be important. Design We undertook a ...