Abstract
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic progressive and frequently fatal cholestatic liver disease that seems to be autoimmune in origin. It is characterized by a destruction of the bile ducts, both the septal and smaller intralobular ducts; portal inflammation with scarring; and extension of the inflammatory process into the liver parenchyma, causing hepatocyte destruction and extensive fibrosis. Ultimately, liver cirrhosis and liver failure ensue.1–3
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