Primary Biliary Liver Cirrhosis: Modern Concepts
Tsimmerman, Y.S.
Klinicheskaia Meditsina 93(7): 5-14
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-2149 PMID: 26596052 Document Number: 679017
Modern data on primary biliary liver cirrhosis are presented including the definition, prevalence, possible etiological factors, and detailed description of pathogenesis (autoimmune mechanisms, intrahepatic cholestasis, hereditary predisposition, environmental factors) and clinical picture. Also considered are complications and concomitant diseases, methods of laboratory, instrumental and morphological diagnostics, approaches to medicamental treatment and its effectiveness, indications for liver transplantation.