QJM Advance Access originally published online on April 14, 2008
QJM 2008 101(6):505-506; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcn016
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Clinical and serological profile of primary biliary cirrhosis in young and elderly patients
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Sir,
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic cholestatic liver disease that affects mainly middle age women1,2 with a slowly progression to cirrhosis. Little is known about the clinical expression of PBC in younger and elderly patients. We analysed the clinical profile of patients at presentation on the
Department of Internal Medicine, Cardioangiology
Hepatology, Alma Mater Studiorum
University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital
Via Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy
email: paolo.muratori3@unibo.it