Yu-Jin Zhu, Jing Li, Yong-Gang Liu, Yong Jiang, Xiao-Jing Cheng, Xu Han, Chun-Yan Wang, Jia Li
BACKGROUND: Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic progressive autoimmune cholestatic disease. The main target organ of PBC is the liver, and nonsuppurative inflammation of the small intrahepatic bile ducts may eventually develop into cirrhosis or liver fibrosis. AIM: To explore the clinical characteristics of early-stage PBC, identify PBC in the early clinical stage, and promptly treat and monitor PBC. METHODS: The data of 82 patients with PBC confirmed by pathology at Tianjin Second People's Hospital from January 2013 to November 2021 were collected, and the patients were divided into stage I, stage II, stage III, and stage IV according to the pathological stage...
September 14, 2023: World Journal of Gastroenterology: WJG