[New name and new treatments for primary biliary cholangitits].
Ugeskr Laeger
; 180(10)2018 Mar 05.
Article
in Da
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29536837
ABSTRACT
The name of chronic liver disease primary biliary cirrhosis, has been changed to primary biliary cholangitis, primarily because of the stigma associated with the word "cirrhosis", as only a minority of the patients develop cirrhosis. In this review we present data on epidemiology and discuss the current treatments with focus on ursodeoxycholic acid and the newly described effects of the farnesoid receptor agonist obeticholic acid.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cholangitis
/
Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Da
Journal:
Ugeskr Laeger
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article