QJM Advance Access originally published online on July 3, 2007
QJM 2007 100(8):534-535; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcm059
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Clinical and serological profile of primary biliary cirrhosis in men
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Sir,
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease characterized by a high ratio of women to men (9:1).1,2 Little is known about the clinical expression of PBC in men, since the rarity of this disease in males makes it difficult to enrol sufficient numbers in a study. We analysed the
Departments of Internal Medicine,
Cardioangiology and Hepatology,
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna,
S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital,
Bologna Italy
email: paolo.muratori3@unibo.it