Background & Aims Approaches to risk stratification for patients with primary biliary cirrhosis
(PBC) are limited, single-center based, and often dichotomous. We aimed to develop and …

Objective Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an infrequent yet critical event in primary
biliary cirrhosis (PBC); however, predictive tools remain ill-defined. Our objective was to …

OBJECTIVES: In this era of near universal ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) treatment for
primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), progression to cirrhosis still occurs in an important …

Background & Aims Up to 25% of patients diagnosed with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) are
of childbearing age. However, little is known about disease course during pregnancy …

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a slowly progressive chronic cholestatic liver disease
that, in a subgroup of patients, may result in liver failure or death. The definition of specific …

[8] Yeh MM. Pathologic diagnosis of biliary atresia on liver biopsy: is tissue the issue? J
Gastroenterol Hepatol 2009; 24: 936–938.[9] Boskovic A, Kitic I, Prokic D, Stankovic I, Grujic …

In order to draw evidence-based recommendations concerning the management of
autoimmune diseases of the liver, the Brazilian Society of Hepatology has sponsored a …

ABSTRACT Background and Aims: The GLOBE score is a validated tool to predict
transplantationfree survival in patients with PBC after one year treatment with …

Reply to: “AST/platelet ratio index associates with progression to hepatic failure and
correlates with histological Page 1 University of Birmingham Reply to: “AST/platelet ratio index …

Objective: to evaluate the safety and success rate of uterine artery embolization for treatment
of symptomatic uterine leiomyomas and adenomyosis. Study design:. retrospective …