 Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary
"Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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FIBROSIS of the hepatic parenchyma due to obstruction of BILE flow (CHOLESTASIS) in the intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts (BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC). Primary biliary cirrhosis involves the destruction of small intra-hepatic bile ducts and bile secretion. Secondary biliary cirrhosis is produced by prolonged obstruction of large intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts from a variety of causes.
| Descriptor ID |
D008105
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.130.120.135.250.250 C06.552.150.250 C06.552.630.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Biliary Cirrhosis, Secondary- Biliary Cirrhosis, Secondary
- Cirrhosis, Secondary Biliary
- Liver Cirrhosis, Obstructive
- Obstructive Liver Cirrhosis
- Secondary Biliary Cirrhosis
Biliary Cirrhosis, Primary- Biliary Cirrhosis, Primary
- Biliary Cirrhosis, Primary, 1
- Cholangitis, Chronic Nonsuppurative Destructive
- Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
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| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary" by people in Profiles.
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Farooqi MS, Hashim IA. A woman with primary biliary cirrhosis and hyponatremia. Clin Chem. 2015 Aug; 61(8):1028-31.
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Juran BD, Atkinson EJ, Schlicht EM, Fridley BL, Lazaridis KN. Primary biliary cirrhosis is associated with a genetic variant in the 3' flanking region of the CTLA4 gene. Gastroenterology. 2008 Oct; 135(4):1200-6.
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Juran BD, Atkinson EJ, Schlicht EM, Fridley BL, Petersen GM, Lazaridis KN. Interacting alleles of the coinhibitory immunoreceptor genes cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 and programmed cell-death 1 influence risk and features of primary biliary cirrhosis. Hepatology. 2008 Feb; 47(2):563-70.
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