(BPT) – Imagine waking up every day feeling utterly exhausted, no matter how much sleep you get. Now, add an unbearable itch that just won’t go away, dry eyes and mouth, and stomach pain. This is the ...

PARIS — Statins can significantly reduce the risk for complications and death from primary sclerosing cholangitis, results from a Swedish registry study show. Primary sclerosing cholangitis is ...

Although a colonoscopy for the evaluation of IBD and the surveillance of colitis-associated neoplasia should be performed at the time of the diagnosis of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), the ...

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic, progressive inflammatory disease characterized by fibrosis and bile duct ...

Twenty-five centers across six Asian countries collaborated in the first large-scale study on primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), a chronic cholestatic liver disease, in patients with inflammatory ...

Most patients with primary biliary cirrhosis produce antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA), which are detected using immunofluorescence techniques. Some patients with the clinical and histopathologic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Statin therapy decreased the risk for developing acute cholangitis among patients with primary ...

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), previously referred to as primary biliary cirrhosis, is an autoimmune disorder characterized by intrahepatic cholestasis. While the precise etiology and pathogenesis ...

Acute cholangitis is diagnosed on the basis of the clinical features, supported by laboratory evidence of systemic infection. Imaging is helpful in revealing biliary obstruction and any underlying ...

The diagnosis of IgG4 cholangiopathy often relies on identifying a supporting combination of clinical, laboratory, radiologic, and histologic findings. Occasionally, assessing the clinical response to ...