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Abstract
Primary biliary cirrhosis is a disorder characterised by an intense inflammatory response in the septal and interlobular bile ducts and is considered to be an autoimmune disease. Evidence to suggest that chronic viral infection could be a crucial element in the development of biliary epithelial cell damage and activation of the associated autoimmune response is reviewedEntities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12010869 PMCID: PMC1773250 DOI: 10.1136/gut.50.6.743
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gut ISSN: 0017-5749 Impact factor: 23.059