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- Title
Are bile duct lesions of primary biliary cirrhosis distinguishable from those of autoimmune hepatitis and chronic viral hepatitis? Interobserver histological agreement on trimmed bile ducts.
- Authors
Zen, Yoh; Harada, Kenichi; Sasaki, Motoko; Tsuneyama, Koichi; Matsui, Kazuhiro; Haratake, Joji; Sakisaka, Shotaro; Maeyama, Shiro; Yamamoto, Kazuhide; Nakano, Masayuki; Shimamatsu, Kazuhide; Kage, Masayoshi; Kurose, Nozomu; Uchiyama, Akio; Kaizaki, Yasuharu; Toda, Gotaro; Nakanuma, Yasuni
- Abstract
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is histopathologically characterized by chronic nonsuppurative destructive cholangitis and ductopenia of interlobular bile ducts. Bile duct injury is also often encountered in chronic viral hepatitis (CVH) and in autoimmune hepatitis (AIH).
- Publication
Journal of gastroenterology, 2005, Vol 40, Issue 2, p164
- ISSN
0944-1174
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00535-004-1514-7