Cholangitis
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- What is Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)? Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a disease primarily of the bile ducts, both inside and outside the liver.
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis is also commonly called idiopathic sclerosing cholangitis ("idiopathic" means the cause is unknown) or just sclerosing cholangitis.
- Susceptibility to primary sclerosing cholangitis is associated with polymorphisms of intercellular adhesion molecule-1.
- Ascending cholangitis is a frequent and often recurrent complication.
- Also, if bacteria above the blockage accumulates and backs up into the liver, it may cause a severe infection called ascending cholangitis.
- Cholangitis, Primary Sclerosing Important It is possible that the main title of the report Cholangitis, Primary Sclerosing is not the name you expected.
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