This investigation of 23 patients with the clinical syndrome of "primary biliary cirrhosis" was undertaken to elucidate the morphologic nature of the hepatic alterations, including their etiology ...

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic, cholestatic liver disease characterized by progressive destruction of intrahepatic bile ducts, resulting in chronic cholestasis, portal inflammation ...

The association between celiac disease and primary biliary cirrhosis is well established. The breakdown of gut–liver axis equilibrium plays a central role in the development of immune disorders ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a progressive scarring of the liver's bile ...

You may also hear it called primary billiary cirrhosis. Your bile ducts work like drainage pipes, moving a greenish-yellow fluid called bile from your gall bladder to your small intestines.