From: DailyQuestion@...
Date: June 6, 2009 7:10:59 AM EDT
To: glennskow@...
Subject: EMedHome Question of the Day

The EMedHome Question of the Day is:

What is primary biliary cirrhosis?  What is the diagnostic hallmark?

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The Answer is:

PBC is a chronic cholestatic liver disease of autoimmune etiology that affects predominantly middle-aged women. Antimitochondrial antibodies are the diagnostic hallmarks of PBC (Mayo Clin Proc, 6/09, pg. 551).


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