PRIMARY BILIARY CHOLANGITIS DIAGNOSIS IN A SERONEGATIVE 19-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is an autoimmune disease that destroys small bile ducts, culminating in liver failure. It typically affects middle-aged, Caucasian women. Most cases have detectable antimitochondrial antibodies. The authors report a case of a 19-year-old, African, female patient wh...
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Language: | English |
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Associazione Italiana Giovani Medici
2023-07-01
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Series: | Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.embj.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Santos_14.pdf |