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Chapter 11 - Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)»Diseases of liver (K70-K77)»Primary biliary cirrhosis (K74.3)

K74.3

Primary biliary cirrhosis

Related indications (MeSH) (1)

Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary74 drugs (40 approved, 34 experimental)

FIBROSIS of the hepatic parenchyma due to obstruction of BILE flow (CHOLESTASIS) in the intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts (BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC). Primary biliary cholangitis involves the destruction of small intra-hepatic bile ducts and decreased bile secretion. Secondary biliary cholangitis is produced by prolonged obstruction of large intrahepatic or extrahepatic bile ducts from a variety of causes.