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Primary Biliary Cholangitis

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Which of the following statements about PBC are true?

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    Farhan Gohar & Imran Patanwala

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Gohar, F., Patanwala, I. (2017). Primary Biliary Cholangitis. In: Cross, T. (eds) Liver Disease in Clinical Practice. In Clinical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43126-0_13

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