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Case Reports
. 2021 May;74(5):1245-1246.
doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.02.006. Epub 2021 Feb 19.

Primary biliary cholangitis associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection

Alessandra Bartoli  1 , Stefano Gitto  2 , Pamela Sighinolfi  3 , Carmela Cursaro  4 , Pietro Andreone  5
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Case Reports

Primary biliary cholangitis associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection

Alessandra Bartoli et al. J Hepatol. 2021 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Guillain-Barré syndrome; PBC; auto-immune disease triggers; auto-immune diseases.

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Conflict of interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest that pertain to this work. Please refer to the accompanying ICMJE disclosure forms for further details.

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Patient’s biochemical course and liver histology. (A) The 3 lines represent the temporal trend in GGT, AP and ALT. (B) A widened portal tract, with its bile duct (a) and portal vein (b), containing a lymphoid follicle/aggregate with a germinal centre (c); (H&E stain, magnification 10x). (C) A damaged bile duct (d) surrounded by infiltrating lymphocytes and plasma-cells (e). This is a typical florid ductal lesion; (H&E stain, magnification 20x). (This figure appears in color on the web.)
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