Article: Research on cirrhosis described by scientists at University of Cologne, Institute of Pathology.(Report)

Article: Mayo Researchers Help Discover Genetic Cause for Primary ...
U.S. Newswire;  May 27, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... predisposes patients to develop primary biliary cirrhosis, a disease that mainly affects women ... slowly destroys their livers. Primary biliary cirrhosis has no known cause. The finding ... understand the molecular basis of primary biliary cirrhosis, we can look for ways to ...

Article: Mayo Researchers Help Discover Genetic Cause for Primary ...
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  May 27, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... predisposes patients to develop primary biliary cirrhosis (http://www.mayoclinic.org/primary-biliary-cirrhosis/), a disease that mainly affects ... destroys their livers. Primary biliary cirrhosis has no known cause. The finding ...

Article: Genetics, environment affect risk for primary biliary ...
Internal Medicine News;  April 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... environmental risk factors for primary biliary cirrhosis. The findings were presented at ... people in the United States. Primary biliary cirrhosis typically strikes women in the prime ... states found that the risk for primary biliary cirrhosis increased with a family history of ...

Article: Genetic Links to Rare Liver Disease Found; Understanding primary ...
Consumer Health News (English);  June 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... risk of developing primary biliary cirrhosis, a baffling disease that can destroy the liver. Primary biliary cirrhosis is an autoimmune disorder that ... nothing about what causes primary biliary cirrhosis, said lead researcher Dr ...

Article: Biliary cirrhosis is at the root of severe ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... gastroenterologist discovered that I have primary biliary cirrhosis. What's the outlook for it ... receptacle, the gallbladder. In primary biliary cirrhosis, the immune system begins a systematic ... impairment of liver function. Primary biliary cirrhosis is mostly an illness of middle ...

Biliary cirrhosis. (Liver Disorders) (Disorders of the ...
The Columbia Univ. Coll. of Physicians & Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide;  January 1, 1989 ;     582 words ...Biliary Cirrhosis Biliary cirrhosis is a disorder of bile secretion from the liver. It may ... primary disorder with no immediately apparent cause. Primary biliary cirrhosis occurs most frequently in middle-aged women. Symptoms ...

Article: Genetics, environment affect risk for primary biliary ...
Skin & Allergy News;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... environmental risk factors for primary biliary cirrhosis. The findings were presented at ... people in the United States. Primary biliary cirrhosis typically strikes women in the prime ... states found that the risk for primary biliary cirrhosis increased with a family history of ...