Primary biliary cirrhosis differential diagnosis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mehrian Jafarizade, M.D [2], Anmol Pitliya, M.B.B.S. M.D.[3]
Overview
Overview
Primary biliary cirrhosis must be differentiated from other disease that may cause cholestasis including autoimmune hepatitis, common bile duct stone, hepatitis A (choelstatic type), EBV or CMV hepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, pre-ampullary cancers, AIDS cholangiopathy, parasites induced cholestasis, and intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy.
Differentiating primary biliary cirrhosis from other Diseases
Differentiating primary biliary cirrhosis from other Diseases
Primary biliary cirrhosis must be differentiated from other disease that may cause cholestasis.[1][2][3][4][5]
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References
References
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