Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
- 12 October 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA)
- Vol. 214 (2) , 367-368
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1970.03180020085019
Abstract
In five patients with primary biliary cirrhosis relief of previously intractable pruritus occurred in two to seven days after onset of azathioprine treatment. It is unlikely that such relief was due to lowering of bile acid levels in serum or skin, or to immunosuppression.Keywords
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