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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment Cirrhosis, Primary Biliary Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Demographics, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Diagnostic Procedures, Treatment, Medications, Surgery, Outcome, Prognosis, When to Refer, When to Admit , References,
. Topics Discussed: primary biliary cirrhosis. Excerpt: | | Occurs in middle-aged women
Often asymptomatic
Elevated alkaline phosphatase, IgM, cholesterol, antimitochondrial antibodies (+AMA)
Characteristic liver biopsy
In later stages, can present with fatigue, jaundice, features of cirrhosis, xanthelasma, xanthomata, steatorrhea
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